Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Clupeiformes > Family Clupeidae > Genus Alosa

Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Clupea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alosa*	Linck, 1790	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Clupea alosa*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): maisild sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Breton: alouzenn sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Danish: majsild sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Dutch: elft sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

English: allis shad; mayfish sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Allis Shad; Mayfish sources: Charles Hussey

French: alosa vraie; alose; alose vraie; Coulaca; Coulacqua; grande alose; poisson de mai sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.;Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Eilft; Maifisch; Mecheuisch sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

Greek: Κέπα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): אלוזה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: agone; alosa; alosa comune sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: alsė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: maisild sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: maisild

Norwegian Nynorsk: maisild

Nynorsk (Norwegian): maisild sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: aloza; aloza finta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: sável sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Romanian: scrumbie de mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: Atlantska čepa sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: sabalo; sábalo; sábalo común; samborca; sóbalo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

Swedish: majfisk; majsill sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Turkish: tirsi balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Сіроспинка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: herlyn

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
GenBank (215 nucleotides; 231 proteins)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126413

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304336