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Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803)

Twaite shad
إضافة ملاحظاتك Fish Watcher
Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Alosa fallax   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Alosa fallax
Picture by Stergiou, K.I.


Estonia country information

Common names: Twaite shad, Vintaloosa, Vinträim
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Ojaveer, E. and E. Pihu, 2003
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Rare in the Gulf of Riga and Gulf of Finland (Ref. 52079). Also Ref. 12255, 33247.
National Checklist: Estonian checklist - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/en.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
National Database: Estonian Vertebrates

Common names from other countries

التصنيف / Names الأسماء الشائعة | مرادفات | Catalog of Fishes(جنس, الانواع) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Alosidae (Shads and Sardines)
Etymology: Alosa: Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range البيئة

بحري; المياه العذبة; مياه مخلوطة; أسماك صاعدة (Ref. 51243); نطاق العمق 10 - 400 m (Ref. 2945).   Temperate; 66°N - 27°N, 25°W - 42°E

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