Alosinae

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Alosinae
Feint (Alosa fallax)

Feint ( Alosa fallax )

Systematics
Overcohort : Clupeocephala
Cohort : Otomorpha
Order : Herring-like (Clupeiformes)
Subordination : Clupeoidei
Family : Herring (Clupeidae)
Subfamily : Alosinae
Scientific name
Alosinae
Svetovidov , 1953

The Alosinae are a subfamily of the herring (Clupeidae). The main distribution of the subfamily with over half of the 34 species is Europe and the western Atlantic (genus Alosa ), while in the other areas of occurrence (West Africa, Indo-Pacific, East Pacific) there are significantly fewer species.

features

Alosinae species are relatively large herrings. Some species can grow to over half a meter in length, but the average length is 20 to 30 cm. Your belly is scaled. In most cases, the scales are very tight. The dorsal fin sits above the center of the body, the pelvic fins directly below. The anal fin is short and lies well behind the dorsal fin. The pelvic fins are supported by six to eight fin rays. Some species have gizzards .

Their color is usually silvery, a dark spot is often found behind the gill opening, in some species there is also a row of spots along the sides of the body.

Way of life

Alosinae species live near the coast in the sea, in the brackish water of estuaries or in fresh waters. Some species are anadromous migratory fish , all are schooling fish. They feed on various invertebrates and small fish.

Genera and species

After the herring was revised by Lavoué and colleagues, only four genera with a total of 34 species are now included in the subfamily Alosinae.

Atlantic menhaden ( Brevoortia tyrannus )

use

Many Alosinae species are important for the fishing industry.

literature

  • Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
  • Peter JP Whitehead: Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalog of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies, and wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. Pages 26-32, FAO Species Catalog for Fishery Purposes. No. 7th FAO Rome 2005. ( PDF )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sébastien Lavoué, Peter Konstantinidis & Wei-Jen Chen: Progress in Clupeiform Systematics. in Konstantinos Ganias (Ed.): Biology and Ecology of Sardines and Anchovies. CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1482228540
  2. ↑ Alosinae on Fishbase.org (English)

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