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Marine Species: Alosa alosa
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Alosa |
| Species: | Alosa alosa |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Allis shad |
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| Description: | Head's length smaller than the body's height. Eighty-five to a hundred and thirty branchitaenias on the first branchial arch, bigger than the branchial filaments. Species which requires protection. |
| Habitat: | Pelagic species, littoral; it penetrates in rivers, where it makes the spawning. |
| Color: | Greenish-blue coloured back and silvered abdomen; dark dorsal stain near the operculum's board (sometimes followed by smaller ones). |
| Dimensions: | It reaches 70 cm in length. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean |
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