WoRMS taxon details

Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)

158667  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158667)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea aestivalis Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 21 [details]   
Distribution Cape Breton south to St. John's River, Florida  
Distribution Cape Breton south to St. John's River, Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158667 on 2024-03-29
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2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Clupea aestivalis Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 21 [details]   

original description  (of Clupea fasciata Lesueur, 1818) Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14.
page(s): 233 [details]   

basis of record Munroe, T.A. (2000). An overview of the biology, ecology, and fisheries of the clupeoid fishes occurring in the Gulf of Maine. <em>Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document.</em> 1-226. [details]   

additional source 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 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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feeds on small fishes, copepods, and small shrimps [details]

Distribution Cape Breton south to St. John's River, Florida [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Anadromous species, enters the river only to spawn. [details]

Importance Social- Commercial [details]

Predators Eels, yellow perch and white perch [details]

Reproduction Migrate to freshwater lakes and streams; external fertilization, pelagic eggs [details]
LanguageName 
English blueback herring  [details]