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Shad
The Alosidae, or the shads, are a family (biology), family of clupeiform fishes. The family currently comprises four genera worldwide, and about 32 species. The shads are Pelagic fish, pelagic (open water) schooling fish, of which many are anadromous or even landlocked. Several species are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus ''Alosa'' (river herrings), ''Brevoortia'' (menhadens), and ''European pilchard, Sardina''. The Alosidae were previously included in the herring family Clupeidae. Genera Alosidae contains the following 4 genera: *''Alosa'' Heinrich Friedrich Linck, H. F. Linck, 1790 (Shads) *''Brevoortia'' Theodore Gill, Gill, 1861 (Menhadens) *''European pilchard, Sardina'' Grigore Antipa, Antipa, 1904 (European pilchard) *''Sardinops'' Carl Leavitt Hubbs, C. L. Hubbs, 1929 (Blue pilchard) The following fossil Alosidae are also known: * †''Eoalosa'' Marramà & Carnevale, 2017 (early Eocene of Italy) * †''Moldavichthys'' Baykina & Schwarzhans, 2017 (mid-late Mioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shad Foundation
The Shad Foundation is an international non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1996 for the study, protection, and celebration of shads around the world. Currently, there are more than 30 recognized shad species worldwide.[ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac482e/ac482e27.pdf Vol.7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei) by Peter J.P. Whitehead] Shad, which are members of the herring family, are widely distributed, and many are anadromous, meaning that they migrate from fresh to salt water as juveniles and return to freshwater for the express purpose of spawning. Many species are threatened by water pollution, overfishing, habitat destruction, and obstacles to migration, such as dams. How it started In the summer of 1995, Rich Hinrichsen and Curtis Ebbesmeyer peered into a fish ladder through an algae-stained window, hoping to witness a great biologic event: the return of the Columbia River's Pacific salmon. The fish ladders at Bonneville Dam were in fact fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alosa
''Alosa'' is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Alosidae. Along with other genera in the subfamily Alosinae, they are generally known as shads. tp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac482e/ac482e27.pdf Subfamily AlosinaeFAO Fisheries Bulletin They are distinct from other herrings by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers. Several species can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Also, several taxa occur in the brackish-water Caspian Sea and the Black Sea basin. Many are found in fresh water during spawning and some are only found in landlocked fresh water. Fossil record These fishes lived from the Eocene to Quaternary (from 55 million years ago to now). Fossils have been found in Canada, the United States, Greece, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Romania, and Italy. Appearance ''Alosa'' species are generally dark on the back and top of the head, with blue, violet, or greenish tints. Some can be identified as having a grey or g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shad Planking
The Shad Planking is an annual political event in Virginia which takes place every April near Wakefield in Sussex County. It is sponsored by a chapter of the Ruritans, a community service organization which was founded in the small town of Holland about 30 miles to the southeast. Ostensibly an event to celebrate the James River running of shad, the event includes a traditional shad bake, where the oily, bony fish are smoked for the occasion on wood planks over an open flame. The events held near Wakefield began after World War II, and were long a function of the state's Conservative Democrats, whose political machine dominated Virginia politics for about 80 years from the late 19th century until the 1960s. However, both Virginia and the Shad Planking had evolved into a more bipartisan environment by the 1980s. In modern times, would-be candidates, reporters, campaign workers, and locals gather to eat shad, drink beer, smoke tobacco, and kick off the state's electoral season wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Shad
The American shad (''Alosa sapidissima'') is a species of anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Florida, and as an introduced species on the North Pacific coast. The American shad is not closely related to the other North American shads. Rather, it seems to form a lineage that diverged from a common ancestor of the European taxa before these diversified. The American shad has been described as "the fish that fed the (American) nation's founders". Adult shad weigh between , and they have a delicate flavor when cooked. It is considered flavorful enough not to require sauces, herbs, or spices. It can be boiled, filleted and fried in butter, or baked. Traditionally, a little vinegar is sprinkled over it on the plate. In the Eastern United States, roe shads (females) are prized because the eggs are considered a delicacy. The name "shad" derives from the Old English ''sceadd'', meaning " herring"; it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alosidae
The Alosidae, or the shads, are a family of clupeiform fishes. The family currently comprises four genera worldwide, and about 32 species. The shads are pelagic (open water) schooling fish, of which many are anadromous or even landlocked. Several species are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus '' Alosa'' (river herrings), '' Brevoortia'' (menhadens), and '' Sardina''. The Alosidae were previously included in the herring family Clupeidae. Genera Alosidae contains the following 4 genera: *'' Alosa'' H. F. Linck, 1790 (Shads) *'' Brevoortia'' Gill, 1861 (Menhadens) *'' Sardina'' Antipa, 1904 (European pilchard) *'' Sardinops'' C. L. Hubbs, 1929 (Blue pilchard) The following fossil Alosidae are also known: * †'' Eoalosa'' Marramà & Carnevale, 2017 (early Eocene of Italy) * †'' Moldavichthys'' Baykina & Schwarzhans, 2017 (mid-late Miocene of Moldova) * ?†'' Pugliaclupea'' Taverne, 2004 (Late Cretaceous of Italy) * †'' Sanalosa'' Bienkowska-Wasiluk, Granica & Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twaite Shad
The twait shad or twaite shad (''Alosa fallax'') is a species of fish in the family Alosidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and is an anadromous fish which lives in the sea but migrates into fresh water to spawn. In appearance it resembles an Atlantic herring but has a row of six to ten distinctive spots on its silvery flanks. They become mature when three or more years old and migrate to estuaries, later swimming up rivers to spawn. Populations of this fish have declined due to overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction. Conservation of this species is covered by Appendix III of the Bern Convention and Appendix II and V of the European Community Habitats Directive. Description The twait shad is a typical herring-type fish and much resembles the allis shad. It has no lateral line and the belly is more rounded than that of the sprat and Baltic herring. The gill cover is ridged and the caudal peduncle has large, plate-like scales. This f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campanian
The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campanian spans the time from 83.6 (± 0.2) to 72.1 (± 0.2) million years ago. It is preceded by the Santonian and it is followed by the Maastrichtian. The Campanian was an age when a worldwide sea level rise covered many coastal areas. The morphology of some of these areas has been preserved: it is an unconformity beneath a cover of marine sedimentary rocks. Etymology The Campanian was introduced in scientific literature by Henri Coquand in 1857. It is named after the French village of Champagne in the department of Charente-Maritime. The original type locality was a series of outcrops near the village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne in the same region. Definition The base of the Campanian Stage is defined as a place in the stratigraphic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states with limited recognition, unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria lies across the Dniester river on the country's eastern border with Ukraine. Moldova is a Unitary state, unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary Representative democracy, representative democratic republic with its capital in Chișinău, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was Treaty of Bucharest (1812), ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire, vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia. In 1856, southern Bessarabia was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanalosa
''Sanalosa'' is an extinct genus of alosid that inhabited Poland during the Rupelian stage. It contains the species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ... ''S. janulosa''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q132157041 Fossil taxa described in 2024 Alosidae Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
