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Brevoortia  Gill, 1861
Taxonomic Serial No.: 161731

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): menhadens [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderClupeomorpha   
                            OrderClupeiformes  – anchois, harengs, anchovies, herrings  
                               SuborderClupeoidei   
                                  FamilyClupeidae  – herrings, aloses, harengs, sardines, sprats, sardinas, menhadens, pilchards, sardines, sprats, shads  
                                     SubfamilyAlosinae  – shads  
                                        GenusBrevoortia Gill, 1861 – menhadens  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesBrevoortia aurea (Spix and Agassiz, 1829) – Brazilian menhaden 
                                           SpeciesBrevoortia gunteri Hildebrand, 1948 – finescale menhaden, sardina escamitas 
                                           SpeciesBrevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 – sardina lacha, Gulf menhaden, largescale menhaden 
                                           SpeciesBrevoortia pectinata (Jenyns, 1842) – Argentine menhaden 
                                           SpeciesBrevoortia smithi Hildebrand, 1941 – yellowfin menhaden 
                                           SpeciesBrevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) – menhaden, alose tyran, Atlantic menhaden, bugfish, bunker, fatback, mossbunker 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes   
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Brevoortia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 27-Sept-2004, website (version 16-Sep-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Brevoortia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Brevoortia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Brevoortia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Brevoortia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Whitehead, Peter J. P.   
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1   
  Page(s): x + 303   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-102340-9   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Brevoortia   
       

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