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Definition of Clupea alosa

Clupea alosa
Alose A"lose, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo["o]l.) The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

Meaning of Clupea alosa from wikipedia

- The alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus; pl.: alewives) is an anadromous species of herring found in North America. It is one of the "typical" North American...
- The American shad (Alosa sapidissima) is a species of anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic...
- species Clupea alosa and Clupea fincta. Type species is Clupea alosa Linnaeus 1758 by subsequent absolute tautonymy (now Alosa alosa). Rupicapra Garsault...
- The allis shad (Alosa alosa) is a widespread Northeast Atlantic species of fish in the Alosidae family. It is an anadromous fish which migrates into fresh...
- it was the first sardine to be described. It was originally put under Clupea from 1842 to 1879. Under this genus, Gunther (1868) gave a general description...
- Alosa tanaica, known as the Azov shad or Black Sea shad, is a species of alosid fish endemic to the Ponto-Caspian basin. It is an anadromous species,...
- Alosa curensis, the Kura shad, is one of the species of alosid fish endemic to the Caspian Sea basin. It is found in the southwestern part of the brackish...
- Bl****er, 1852 Alosa brevis Bl****er, 1848 Alosa malayana Bl****er, 1866 Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906 Clupea kanagurta (Bl****er, 1852) Clupea kelee Cuvier...
- landlocked. Several species are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus Alosa (river herrings), Brevoortia (menhadens), and Sardina. The Alosidae were...
- Pelican eel, Eurypharynx pelecanoides Allis shad, Alosa alosa Twaite shad, Alosa fallax Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus Sprat, Sprattus sprattus European pilchard...