Alosa és un gènere de peixos de la família dels clupeids i de l'ordre dels clupeïformes.The Taxonomicon present a l'oceà Atlàntic, la mar Mediterrània (incloent-hi la Mar Negra), la Mar Càspia i el Golf Pèrsic. Els peixos d'aquest gènere són coneguts per detectar ultrasons que els ajuden a evitar els dofins que els acacen utilitzant l'ecolocalització.
Taxonomia
Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)Mitchill, S. L. 1814. Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., ... on the fishes of New-York. Nova York. Rept. Fish N. Y.: 1-28.Loesch, J., 1969. A study of the blueback herring, Alosa aestivalis(Mitchill), in Connecticut waters. University of Connecticut. 78 p. Alosa agone (Scopoli, 1786)Scopoli, J. A. 1786-1788. Deliciae florae et faunae Insubricae, seu novae, aut minus cognitae species plantarum et animalium quas in Insubria Austriaca tam spontaneas, quam exoticas vidit, descripsit et aeri incidi curavit J. A. Scopoli. Pars I-III. Ticini. Deliciae Florae Faune Insubricae. 75 pls.Bianco, P.G., 2002. The status of the twaite shad, Alosa agone, Italy and the western Balkans. P.S.Z.N. Mar. Ecol. 23(Suppl.1):51-64. Alosa alabamae (Jordan & Evermann in Evermann, 1896)Evermann, B. W. 1896. Description of a new species of shad (Alosa alabamae) from Alabama. Rep. U. S. Fish Comm. v. 21 (1894): 203-205. Alosa algeriensis (Regan, 1916) Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824. Alosa braschnikowi (Borodin, 1904)Borodin, N. A. 1904. Biological study on Caspian shads. Vestnik Rybopromyshlennosti v. 19 (núm. 3): 167-198.Vetchanin, V.I., 1984. Feeding of the astrakhan shad, Alosa brasnikovi (Clupeidae), in the southeastern Caspian sea. J. Ichthyol. 24(5):143-147. Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838)Eichwald, C. E. von. 1838. Faunae Caspii maris primitiae. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou v. 11: 125-174. Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque, 1820)Rafinesque, C. S. 1820. Ichthyologia Ohiensis (Part 4). Western Rev. Misc. Mag. v. 2 (núm. 3): 169-177. Alosa curensis (Suvorov, 1907)Suvorov, E. K. 1907. Studien zur Erforschung der Kaspihäringe der Kaspi-Häringe. I. Rassen, Abarten und Arten. Trudy Kasp. Exped. 1904 v. 1: 139-199. Alosa fallax (Lacépède, 1803)Lacépède, B. G. E. 1803. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 5: i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21.Assis, C.A., P.R. Almeida, F. Moreira, J.L. Costa i M.J. Costa, 1992. Diet of the twaite Alosa fallax (Lacépède) (Clupeidae) in the River Tagus Estuary, Portugal. J. Fish Biol. 41(6):1049-1050.Clardige, P.N. i D.C. Gardner, 1978. Growth and movements of the twaite shad, Alosa fallax (Lacepède), in the Severn estuary. J. Fish Biol. 12:203-211.Douchement, C., 1981. Les aloses des fleuves français Alosa fallax (Lacépède, 1803) et Alosa alosa (Linné, 1758). Biométrie, Ecobiologie, autonomie des populations. Thèse 3ème Cycle, U.S.T.L. Montpellier. 377 p. Alosa immaculata (Bennett, 1835)Bennett, E. T. 1835. (A letter...to the Secretary by Keith E. Abbott, Esq.,...a collection of skins of mammals and birds, and of preserved reptiles, fishes, and insects). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1835 (pt 3): 89-92. Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887)Grimm, O. von. 1887. Astrakhan herring. Sel'skoe khozyaistvo i lesovodstvo 1887 (núm. 2): 1-43 in separate. Alosa killarnensis (Regan, 1916)Regan, C. T. 1916. The British fishes of the sub-family Clupeinae and related species in other seas. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 8) v. 18 (núm. 103): 1-19, Pls. 1-3. Alosa lineata (Storer, 1847) Alosa macedonica (Vinciguerra, 1921)Economidis, P.S. i A.I. Sinis, 1991. Alosa macedonica (Vinciguerra 1921). p. 297-308. A H. Hoestlandt (ed.) The freshwater fishes of Europe. Vol. 2. Clupeidae, Anguillidae. AULA-Verlag Wiesbaden. Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)Grimm, O. von. 1901. The herrings of the Sea of Azov. Vestnik Rybopromyshlennosti v. 16 (núm. 2): 57-70. Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)Mansueti, R.J., 1962. Eggs, larvae, and young of the hickory shad, Alosa mediocris, with comments on its ecology in the estuary. Chesapeake Sci. 3(3):173-205. Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)Wilson, A. 1811. (Article on Clupea.) The Cyclopedic; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and letters. Rees' Cyclopedia v. 9: No pagnation. Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)Wilson, A. . (Article on Clupea.) The Cyclopedic; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and letters. Rees' Cyclopedia v. 9: No pagnation. Alosa saposchnikowii (Grimm, 1887) Alosa sphaerocephala (Berg, 1913)Berg, L. S. 1913. Herrings captured during the 1912 expedition along the western bank of the Caspian Sea. Mat. Pozn. Russ. Rybol., Sant Petersburg v. 2 (núm. 3): 1-50, Pls. 1-14. Alosa squamopinnata (Couch, 1865) Alosa suworowi (Berg, 1913) Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901) Alosa vistonica (Economidis & Sinis, 1986)Economidis, P. S. & A. I. Sinis. 1986. Situation taxinomique et comparaisons des aloses (Pisces, Clupeidae) provenant des lacs Volvi et Vistonis (Grèce). Description d'une nouvelle sous-espèce: Alosa caspia vistonica. J. Nat. Hist. v. 20 (núm. 3): 723-734. Alosa volgensis (Berg, 1913)AQUATAB.NETFishBase Catalogue of Life Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names IUCN UNEP-WCMC Species Database Practical Fishkeeping
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