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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'' (''pogy'' for short) and an Eastern Algonquian languages, Algonquian word akin to Narragansett language, Narragansett ''munnawhatteaûg'', derived from ''munnohquohteau'' ("he fertilizes"), referring to their use of the fish as fertilizer. It is generally thought that Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrims were advised by Tisquantum (also known as Squanto) to plant menhaden with their crops. Description Menhaden are flat and have soft flesh and a deeply forked tail. They rarely exceed in length, and have a varied weight range. Gulf menhaden and Atlantic menhaden are small oily-fleshed fish, bright silver, and characterized by a series of smaller spots behind the main humeral spot. They tend to have larger scales than yellowfin menhaden and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. They are commonly found in all salinities of the Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic water. They swim in large schools that stratify by size and age along the coast. Younger and smaller fish are found in the Chesapeake Bay and southern coastline while older, larger fish are found along the northern coastline. Characteristics Atlantic menhaden are silvery coloured fishes characterized by a moderately compressed body and a black spot on their shoulder behind their gill openings. They can reach a size of approximately 15 inches. Biology Diet The Atlantic menhaden is a filter feeder; it collects food by filtering water through modifications of the Pharyngeal apparatus, branchial apparatus (gill arches and gill rakers). Its diet depends on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Menhaden
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 estuarine waters from Nova Scotia south to northern Florida. They are commonly found in all salinities of the Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic water. They swim in large schools that stratify by size and age along the coast. Younger and smaller fish are found in the Chesapeake Bay and southern coastline while older, larger fish are found along the northern coastline. Characteristics Atlantic menhaden are silvery coloured fishes characterized by a moderately compressed body and a black spot on their shoulder behind their gill openings. They can reach a size of approximately 15 inches. Biology Diet The Atlantic menhaden is a filter feeder; it collects food by filtering water through modifications of the branchial apparatus (gill arches and gill rakers). Its diet depends on the size of their gill rakers, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Menhaden
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 eastern Yucatan and western Cuba.FAO 2002. The living marine resources of the western central Atlantic. ASIH special publication No. 5, Kent E. Carpenter, ed. ISSN 1020-6868. Evidence from morphology Dahlberg, M.D. 1970. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico menhadens, genus Brevoortia (Pisces:Clupeidae). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 15:91-162. and DNA analyses suggest that the Gulf menhaden is the Gulf of Mexico complement to the Atlantic menhaden (''Brevoortia tyrannus''). Both species support large commercial reduction fisheries, with Gulf menhaden supporting the second largest fishery, by weight, in the United States.Pritchard, E.S. 2005. Fisheries of the United States 2004. Silver Spring, MD: National Marine F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (Finescale menhaden) * ''Brevoortia patronus'' Goode, 1878 (Gulf menhaden) * '' Brevoortia pectinata'' ( Jenyns, 1842) (Argentine menhaden) * '' Brevoortia smithi'' Hildebrand, 1941 (Yellowfin menhaden) * ''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. ...'' ( Latrobe, 1802) (Atlantic menhaden) References * {{Taxonbar, from=Q4844347 Brevoortia Commercial fish Marine fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (Finescale menhaden) * ''Brevoortia patronus'' Goode, 1878 (Gulf menhaden) * '' Brevoortia pectinata'' ( Jenyns, 1842) (Argentine menhaden) * '' Brevoortia smithi'' Hildebrand, 1941 (Yellowfin menhaden) * ''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. ...'' ( Latrobe, 1802) (Atlantic menhaden) References * {{Taxonbar, from=Q4844347 Brevoortia Commercial fish Marine fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forage Fish
Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on planktons (i.e. planktivores) and other small aquatic organisms (e.g. krill). They are in turn preyed upon by various predators including larger fish, seabirds and marine mammals, this making them keystone species in their aquatic ecosystems. The typical ocean forage fish feed at the lower trophic level of the food chain, often by filter feeding. They include particularly fishes of the order Clupeiformes (herrings, sardines, shad, hilsa, menhaden, anchovies, and sprats), but also other small fish, including halfbeaks, Atheriniformes, silversides, Smelt (fish), smelt such as capelin and goldband fusiliers. Forage fish compensate for their small size by forming shoaling and schooling, schools. Some swim in synchronised grids with their mouths open so they can efficiently filter plankton. These schools can become immense Shoaling and schooling, shoals which move along coastlines and Fish migration, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alosidae
The Alosidae, or the shads, are a family of clupeiform fishes. The family currently comprises four genera worldwide, and about 32 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 4 genera: *'' Alosa'' H. F. Linck, 1790 (Shads) *'' Brevoortia'' Gill, 1861 (Menhadens) *'' Sardina'' Antipa, 1904 (European pilchard) *'' Sardinops'' C. L. Hubbs, 1929 (Blue pilchard) The following fossil Alosidae are also known: * †'' Eoalosa'' Marramà & Carnevale, 2017 (early Eocene of Italy) * †'' Moldavichthys'' Baykina & Schwarzhans, 2017 (mid-late Miocene of Moldova) * ?†'' Pugliaclupea'' Taverne, 2004 (Late Cretaceous of Italy) * †'' Sanalosa'' Bienkowska-Wasiluk, Granica & Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethmidium
''Ethmidium'' is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ... Clupeidae, the herrings and sprats. The only species in the genus is ''Ethmidium maculatum'', the Pacific menhaden, a species found along the Pacific coast of South America off Peru and Chile. References External links * Clupeidae Fish described in 1916 Monotypic ray-finned fish genera {{Clupeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
