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| Atlantic menhaden | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Alosidae |
| Genus: | Brevoortia |
| Species: | B. tyrannus
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| Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802)
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The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Alosidae.[3]
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.[4]
- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Ralph, G. (2015). "Brevoortia tyrannus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190134A16510462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190134A16510462.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ dsantos (5 August 2014). "Synonyms of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802)". FishBase. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brevoortia tyrannus". FishBase. October 2005 version.
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