WoRMS taxon details
Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
126413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126413)
accepted
Species
Alausa vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Alosa alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Alosa communis Yarrell, 1836 · unaccepted
Alosa cuvieri Malm, 1877 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Alosa cuvierii Malm, 1877 · unaccepted
Alosa rusa Mauduyt, 1848 · unaccepted
Alosa vulgaris (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Alosa alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Alosa alosa bulgarica Drensky, 1934 accepted as Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126413 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Alosa communis Yarrell, 1836) Yarrell, W. (1835-1836). A history of British fishes, illustrated by nearly 400 wood-cuts. <em>2 vols. London.</em> vol. 1:i-xxxvi + 1-408; vol. 2:1-472. [Second edition in 1841; third edition in 1859]. [details]
original description (of Alosa rusa Mauduyt, 1848) Mauduyt, F. (1849). Ichthyologie de la Vienne, ou tableau méthodique et descriptif des poissons qui vivent habituellement dans les eaux de ce département ou qui y remontent périodiquement et accidentellement. <em>Bulletin Société Académique d'Agriculture, Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Poitiers 1848.</em> v. 3, fasc. 9-12: 8-49. [details]
original description (of Alausa vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Alosa communis Yarrell, 1836) Yarrell, W. (1835-1836). A history of British fishes, illustrated by nearly 400 wood-cuts. <em>2 vols. London.</em> vol. 1:i-xxxvi + 1-408; vol. 2:1-472. [Second edition in 1841; third edition in 1859]. [details]
original description (of Alosa rusa Mauduyt, 1848) Mauduyt, F. (1849). Ichthyologie de la Vienne, ou tableau méthodique et descriptif des poissons qui vivent habituellement dans les eaux de ce département ou qui y remontent périodiquement et accidentellement. <em>Bulletin Société Académique d'Agriculture, Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Poitiers 1848.</em> v. 3, fasc. 9-12: 8-49. [details]
original description (of Alausa vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Schelde)
Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. <em>Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium.</em> 48 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 318 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. <em>Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium.</em> 48 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 318 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Introduction This species has been introduced or released in Dutch waters. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Breton | alouzenn | [details] |
| Danish | majsild | [details] |
| Dutch | elft | [details] |
| English | shadmayfishallis shad | [details] |
| French | sabrepoisson de maigrande aloseCoulacquaCoulacaalose vraie (=Grande alose)alose vraiealosealosa vraie | [details] |
| German | MecheuischMaifischEilftAlseAlose | [details] |
| Hebrew | אלוזה | [details] |
| Italian | alosa comunealosaagone | [details] |
| Lithuanian | alsė | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κέπα | [details] |
| Norwegian | maisild | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | maisild | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | maisild | [details] |
| Polish | aloza fintaaloza | [details] |
| Portuguese | sável | [details] |
| Romanian | scrumbie de mare | [details] |
| Slovenian | Atlantska čepa | [details] |
| Spanish | sóbalosamborcasábalo comúnsábalosabalo | [details] |
| Swedish | majsillmajfisk | [details] |
| Turkish | tirsi balığıtirsi | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Сіроспинка | [details] |
| Welsh | herlyngwangen | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) (from synonym Alausa vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (408 publications) (from synonym Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Alosa communis Yarrell, 1836)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alosa alosa)
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa cuvierii Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa rusa Mauduyt, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa cuvieri Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa communis Yarrell, 1836)
To FishBase images (Alosa alosa, UK, by Meyer, T.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (66946 nucleotides; 70434 proteins) (from synonym Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (66946 nucleotides; 70434 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) (from synonym Alausa vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (408 publications) (from synonym Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Alosa communis Yarrell, 1836)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alosa alosa)
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa cuvierii Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa rusa Mauduyt, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa cuvieri Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa communis Yarrell, 1836)
To FishBase images (Alosa alosa, UK, by Meyer, T.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (66946 nucleotides; 70434 proteins) (from synonym Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (66946 nucleotides; 70434 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
