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Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802)

Atlantic menhaden
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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

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(, ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > 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 生态学

海洋; 半咸淡水 ; pH range: 1.0 - 36.0; 海洋洄游的 (Ref. 51243); 深度上下限 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188).   亞熱帶的; ? - 26°C (Ref. 38970); 46°N - 30°N, 81°W - 64°W (Ref. 54290)

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