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Alosa

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Taxonomy
Alosa was named by Linck (1790) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sauvage (1873).

It was assigned to Clupeinae by Weiler (1938); to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clupeidae by Arambourg (1927), Danil'chenko (1960), Gaudant et al. (1996), Constantin (1999), Purdy et al. (2001), Gaudant et al. (2006), Carnevale (2007), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Legendre et al. (2020), Argyriou (2022).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Alosa Linck
1927Alosa Arambourg p. 18
1938Alosa Weiler p. 9
1960Alosa Danil'chenko p. 12
1996Alosa Gaudant et al. p. 137
1999Alosa Constantin
2001Alosa Purdy et al. p. 164
2002Alosa Sepkoski
2006Alosa Gaudant et al. p. 796
2007Alosa Carnevale
2018Alosa Carnevale and Godfrey p. 167
2020Alosa Legendre et al. p. 8
2022Alosa Argyriou p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
superorderClupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
suborderClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusAlosaLinck 1790

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Alosa Linck 1790
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Alosa bohemica Fritsch 1878
Alosa crassa Sauvage 1873
Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842
Alosa ganolytoides David 1946
Alosa genuina Danil'chenko 1960
Alosa numidica Sauvage 1873
Alosa paulicrenata Bratishko et al. 2015
Alosa renoui Sauvage 1873
Alosa sagorensis Steindachner 1850
Alosa sapidissima Wilson 1811
Alosa sculptata Weiller 1928
Alosa tanaica Grimm 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available