CaRMS taxon details
original description
(of ) Latrobe, B. H. (1802) A drawing and description of the Clupea tyrannus and Oniscus praegustator. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 5: 77-81. page(s): 77 [details]
basis of record
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source
Smith, J.W. 1999. Distribution of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, purse- seine sets and catches from southern New England to North Carolina, 1985- 96. NOAA Technical Reports NMFS 144. 22 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source
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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From other sources
Diet Feed on zooplankton and phytoplankton, especially diatoms and copepods [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia southward to Indian River, Florida [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found to depths of 20 m. Move from enclosed, coastal waters to deeper waters in winter. [details]
Importance Social- Highly commercial [details]
Predators Pollock, seabirds, whales and porpoises [details]
Reproduction Spawn throughout the year, external fertilization; nursery areas in estuaries [details]
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Dutch |
shadineoceaanforelAmerikaanse sardine |
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English |
mossbunkerbug fishAtlantic menhaden |
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