Brevoortia Gill

Brevoortia Gill

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clupeoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Clupei Superordo: Clupeomorpha Ordo: Clupeiformes Subordo: Clupeoidei

Familia: Clupeidae
Subfamilia: Alosinae
Genus: Brevoortia
Species: B. aurea – B. gunteri – B. patronus – B. pectinata – B. smithi – B. tyrannus

Name

Brevoortia Gill, 1861: 37

Type species: Brevoortia menhaden ♀ Gill 1861 (= Clupea menhaden Mitchill, 1814). Type by original designation (also monotypic).

References

• Gill, T.N. 1861: Synopsis of the subfamily of Clupeinae, with descriptions of new genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 13: 33–38.
• Munroe, T.A. & M.S. Nizinski 2003: Clupeidae (Pp. 804-830). In: Carpenter 2003. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. vol. 2.

Vernacular names

English: Menhaden fish