Alosa mediocris és una espècie de peix de la família dels clupeids i de l'ordre dels clupeïformes.
Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 60 cm de llargària total.Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Nombre de vèrtebres: 53-55.FishBase
Paràsits És parasitat per nematodes, cestodes i trematodes.Bigelow, H.B., M.G. Bradbury, J.R. Dymond, J.R. Greeley, S.F. Hildebrand, G.W. Mead, R.R. Miller, L.R. Rivas, W.L. Schroeder, R.D. Suttkus i V.D. Vladykov 1963. Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part three. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ.
Alimentació Menja peixets, calamars, crancs petits i altres crustacis, i ous de peix.
Distribució geogràfica Es troba a l'Atlàntic occidental: al llarg de la costa entre Maine i Florida (Estats Units).
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