TAXONOMY ATLAS · LEVEL 04

Alosidae

Alosidae
Genera
5
Species
34

SPECIES INDEX

Species in this family

Browse all 34 published species in Alosidae.

34 published species in this family

Azov shad (Alosa tanaica)

Alosidae

Azov shad

Alosa tanaica
  • Up to 30 cm

Alosidae

Volga shad

Alosa volgensis
  • Up to 35 cm
Caspian Marine Shad (Alosa braschnikowi)

Alosidae

Caspian Marine Shad

Alosa braschnikowi
  • Brackish
  • Up to 50 cm
hickory shad (Alosa mediocris)

Alosidae

hickory shad

Alosa mediocris
  • Up to 60 cm

Alosidae

Agrakhan shad

Alosa sphaerocephala
  • Brackish
  • Up to 25 cm
skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris)

Alosidae

skipjack herring

Alosa chrysochloris
  • Up to 50 cm
Saposhnikovi shad (Alosa saposchnikowii)

Alosidae

Saposhnikovi shad

Alosa saposchnikowii
  • Up to 38.1 cm
Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)

Alosidae

Atlantic menhaden

Brevoortia tyrannus
  • Marine
  • Coastal and open-ocean surface waters
  • Up to 50 cm
Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus)

Alosidae

Gulf menhaden

Brevoortia patronus
  • Marine
  • Up to 35 cm
Brazilian menhaden (Brevoortia aurea)

Alosidae

Brazilian menhaden

Brevoortia aurea
  • Marine
  • Up to 34.4 cm
Thracian shad (Alosa vistonica)

Alosidae

Thracian shad

Alosa vistonica
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 17 cm

Alosidae

Kura shad

Alosa curensis
  • Brackish
  • Up to 19 cm
Goureen (Alosa killarnensis)

Alosidae

Goureen

Alosa killarnensis
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 20 cm
European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus)

Alosidae

European pilchard

Sardina pilchardus
  • Marine
  • Coastal and open-ocean surface waters
  • Up to 28 cm
Caspian shad (Alosa caspia)

Alosidae

Caspian shad

Alosa caspia
  • Up to 32 cm
alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)

Alosidae

alewife

Alosa pseudoharengus
  • Up to 40 cm
shad (Alosa sapidissima)

Alosidae

shad

Alosa sapidissima
  • Up to 76 cm
shad (Alosa fallax)

Alosidae

shad

Alosa fallax
  • Up to 60 cm
blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis)

Alosidae

blueback herring

Alosa aestivalis
  • Up to 40 cm

Alosidae

Alosa suworowi

Alosa suworowi
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 26.8 cm
Allis shad (Alosa alosa)

Alosidae

Allis shad

Alosa alosa
  • Marine
  • Coastal and open-ocean surface waters
  • Up to 83 cm
finescale menhaden (Brevoortia gunteri)

Alosidae

finescale menhaden

Brevoortia gunteri
  • Up to 30 cm
Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)

Alosidae

Pacific sardine

Sardinops sagax
  • Marine
  • Coastal and open-ocean surface waters
  • Up to 40 cm
Kerch shad (Alosa immaculata)

Alosidae

Kerch shad

Alosa immaculata
  • Up to 39 cm