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Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Lesueur, Charles A. 1818. Description of several new species of North American fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(2): 222-235, 359-368, pl. 10, 11, 14.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Clupeiformes
family
Clupeidae
genus
Dorosoma
species
Dorosoma cepedianum

Name

Synonyms
Chatoessus ellipticus Kirtland, 1838
Chatoessus insociabilis Abbott, 1861
Clupea heterurus Rafinesque, 1818
Dorosoma cepedianum exile Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Dorosoma lacepedi (Lesueur, 1818)
Dorosoma notata Rafinesque, 1820
Megalops bimaculata Lesueur, 1847
Megalops cepediana Lesueur, 1818
Homonyms
Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)
Common names
Alose américaine in French
Alose noyer in French
Alose à gésier in French
Alose à gésier in French
Alose à gésier américaine in French
American Gizzard Shad in English
American gizzard shad in English
American gizzard shad in English
Amerikansk kråsesild in Danish
Dorosoma in Polish
Dorosoma dlouhoploutvá in Czech
Eastern Gizzard Shad in English
Eastern gizzard shad in English
Fadenflossige Alse in German
Gizzard Mud in English
Gizzard Nanny Shad in English
Gizzard Shad in English
Gizzard Winter Shad in English
Gizzard mud in English
Gizzard nanny shad in English
Gizzard shad in English
Gizzard shad in English
Gizzard shad in English
Gizzard winter shad in English
Hickory Shad in English
Hickory shad in English
Kupusilli in Finnish
Mud Shad in English
Mud shad in English
Nanny Shad in English
Nanny shad in English
Põhja-puguheeringas in Estonian
Sardina molleja in Spanish
Skipjack in English
Skipjack in English
Sábalo molleja in Spanish
Sável-de-papo in Portuguese
Vimpelsill in Swedish
Winter Shad in English
Winter shad in English
alose à gésier in French
eastern gizzard shad in English
gizzard shad in English
hickory shad in English
mud shad in English
sardina molleja in Spanish
skipjack in English
доросома северная in Russian
美洲真鰶 in language.
Gizzard Shad in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  7. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  11. Whitehead, Peter J. P., 1985: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1. x + 303.
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