The genus ''Brevoortia'' are all species of
menhaden
Menhaden, also known as mossbunker, bunker, and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera ''Brevoortia'' and ''Ethmidium'', two genera of marine fish in the order Clupeiformes. ''Menhaden'' is a blend of ''poghaden'' ...
, there are found mainly in western Atlantic and consist of the following species:
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Brevoortia aurea
The genus ''Brevoortia'' are all species of menhaden, there are found mainly in western Atlantic and consist of the following species:
* '' Brevoortia aurea'' (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Brazilian menhaden)
* '' Brevoortia gunteri'' Hildebrand, 1948 ...
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(Spix
Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German natural history, biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. ...
& Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he recei ...
, 1829) (Brazilian menhaden)
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Brevoortia gunteri
The genus ''Brevoortia'' are all species of menhaden, there are found mainly in western Atlantic and consist of the following species:
* ''Brevoortia aurea'' (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Brazilian menhaden)
* '' Brevoortia gunteri'' Hildebrand, 1948 ...
''
Hildebrand
Hildebrand is a character from Germanic heroic legend. ''Hildebrand'' is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is ''Hiltibrant'' and in Old Norse ''Hildibrandr''. The word ''hild'' means "battle" and ''brand'' means "sword" ...
, 1948 (Finescale menhaden)
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Brevoortia patronus
The Gulf menhaden (''Brevoortia patronus'') is a small marine filter-feeding fish belonging to the family Alosidae. The range of Gulf menhaden encompasses the entirety of the Gulf of Mexico nearshore waters, with the exception of the extreme e ...
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Goode, 1878 (Gulf menhaden)
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Brevoortia pectinata
The genus ''Brevoortia'' are all species of menhaden, there are found mainly in western Atlantic and consist of the following species:
* ''Brevoortia aurea'' (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Brazilian menhaden)
* '' Brevoortia gunteri'' Hildebrand, 1948 ...
''
( Jenyns, 1842) (Argentine menhaden)
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Brevoortia smithi
The genus ''Brevoortia'' are all species of menhaden, there are found mainly in western Atlantic and consist of the following species:
* ''Brevoortia aurea'' (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Brazilian menhaden)
* '' Brevoortia gunteri'' Hildebrand, 1948 ...
''
Hildebrand
Hildebrand is a character from Germanic heroic legend. ''Hildebrand'' is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is ''Hiltibrant'' and in Old Norse ''Hildibrandr''. The word ''hild'' means "battle" and ''brand'' means "sword" ...
, 1941 (Yellowfin menhaden)
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Brevoortia tyrannus
The Atlantic menhaden (''Brevoortia tyrannus'') is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Alosidae.
Atlantic menhaden are found in North Atlantic coastal and Estuary, estuarine waters from Nova Scotia south to northern Florida. ...
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( Latrobe, 1802) (Atlantic menhaden)
References
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Brevoortia
Commercial fish
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill