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Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802)

Atlantic menhaden
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Brevoortia tyrannus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Image of Brevoortia tyrannus (Atlantic menhaden)
Brevoortia tyrannus
Picture by Flescher, D.

United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Atlantic menhaden, Bugfish, Bunker
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Present in the continental shelf waters off the northeastern United States (Ref. 37512). Nearly all sections of Chesapeake Bay (Ref. 38947), particularly in New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia (Ref. 4607, 38971). Also Ref. 27549, 93252.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Menhaden tyran, Lacha tirana, Bony fish, ... more

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

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Alosidae (Shads and Sardines)
Etymology: Brevoortia: From James Carson Brevoort (1818-1887), studie the fauna from Ohio and South Caroline (Ref. 45335).

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

بحري; مياه مخلوطة ; pH range: 1.0 - 36.0; محيطية (Ref. 51243); نطاق العمق 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188).   Subtropical; ? - 26°C (Ref. 38970); 46°N - 30°N, 81°W - 64°W (Ref. 54290)

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