Allis Shad

Alosa alosa

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The allis shad (Alosa alosa) is a widespread Northeast Atlantic species of fish in the herring family Clupeidae. It is an anadromous fish which migrates into fresh water to spawn. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the western Baltic Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea. In appearance it resembles an Atlantic herring but has a distinctive dark spot behind the gill cover and sometimes a row of up to six spots behind this. It...

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  1. (c) Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), enviado por Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alosa_alosa

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