Alosidae

Alosidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene to present
Twaite shad, Alosa fallax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Suborder: Clupeoidei
Family: Alosidae
Svetovidov, 1952
Genera

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The Alosidae, or the shads, are a family of clupeiform fishes. The family currently comprises five genera worldwide, and about 33 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 5 genera:

The following fossil Alosidae are also known:

The oldest member of the group was originally thought to be Pugliaclupea from the Campanian of Italy, but its placement in the Alosidae appears to be on weak grounds, and it has more recently found to be an ellimmichthyiform, most likely in the Armigatidae. True fossil members of the family are only known from the Eocene onwards. There appears to have been a significant center of endemism for the alosids and other clupeoids in the Paratethys. The freshwater †Chasmoclupea from the Oligocene of Egypt was originally though to be related to the Alosidae, but has since been found to be a dorosomatid.

Ultrasound hearing

While the hearing of most fishes is limited in frequency to less than 1 kHz, some shads and menhadens demonstrate an unusual ability to detect very high frequency sound (ultrasound) above 50 kHz

See also

References

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  10. ↑ Murray, Alison M.; Simons, Elwyn L.; Attia, Yousry S. (2005-06-27). "A new clupeid fish (Clupeomorpha) from the oligocene of Fayum, Egypt, with notes on some other fossil clupeomorphs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 300–308. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0300:ANCFCF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
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  12. ↑ Popper, A. N., Plachta, D. T., Mann, D. A., & Higgs, D. (2004). Response of clupeid fish to ultrasound: a review. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 61(7), 1057-1061.