Alosa

E793176

genus taxon

Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
American shad	2
Alosa canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
behavior	anadromous migration ⓘ migratory between marine and freshwater environments ⓘ
class	Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName	shads ⓘ
containsTaxon	Alosa aestivalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa alosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa braschnikowi NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa caspia NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa caspia caspia NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa caspia knipowitschi NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa caspia nordmanni NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa caspia tanaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa curensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa fallax NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa immaculata NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa kessleri NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa kessleri pontica NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa macedonica NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa maeotica NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa pontica NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa pseudoharengus NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa sapidissima NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa sphaerocephala NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa tanaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa vistonica NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa volgensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	genus of shad fishes in the herring family ⓘ
distribution	Black Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecologicalRole	forage fish for larger predators ⓘ
family	Clupeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat	freshwater ⓘ marine waters ⓘ
isA	herring genus ⓘ ray-finned fish genus ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
lifeCycle	adults live mainly in marine or brackish waters ⓘ juveniles develop in rivers or estuaries ⓘ
notableSpecies	Alosa aestivalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa alosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa fallax NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa pseudoharengus NERFINISHED ⓘ Alosa sapidissima NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Clupeiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentTaxon	Clupeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	spawns in freshwater ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clupeidae → notableGenus → Alosa ⓘ

Miramichi River → inhabitedBy → Alosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: American shad

Haverstraw Bay (Hudson River) → supportsSpecies → Alosa ⓘ

subject surface form: Haverstraw Bay

this entity surface form: American shad