Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Clupeiformes: family
Clupeidae: genus
Alosa: species
Alosa sapidissima

Name

Synonyms: Alosa praestabilis DeKay, 1842; Clupea indigena Mitchill, 1814; Clupea sapidissima Wilson, 1811
Homonyms: Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)
Common names: Allaccia americana in Italian; Allaccia americana in Italian; Alosa amerykanska a. zlotosledz in Polish; Alosa amerykanska a. zlotosledz in Polish; Alose in French; Alose canadienne in French; Alose canadienne in French; Alose savoureuse in French; Alose savoureuse in French; Alose savoureuse in French; Alose savoureuse in French; Ameerika aloosa in Estonian; American Shad in English; American Shad in English; American shad in English; American shad in English; American shad in English; American shad in English; American shad in English; American shad in English; American shad in English; Americka lojka in Serbian; Americka lojka in Serbian; Amerikaanse elft in Dutch; Amerikaanse elft in Dutch; Amerikanische Finte in German; Amerikanischer Maifisch in German; Amerikanischer Maifisch in German; Amerikankantasilli in Finnish; Amerikankantasilli in Finnish; Amerikansk shad in Swedish; Amerikansk shad in Norwegian; Amerikansk shad in Norwegian; Amerikansk shad in Swedish; Amerikansk stamsild in Danish; Atlantic Shad in English; Atlantic Shad in English; Atlantic shad in English; Atlantic shad in English; Atlantic shad in English; Common Shad in English; Common Shad in English; Common shad in English; Common shad in English; Connecticut River Shad in English; Connecticut River Shad in English; Connecticut River shad in English; Hering american in Romanian; Hering american in language.; Herring Jack in English

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