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menhaden
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menhaden: see herring herring, common name for members of the large, widely distributed family Clupeidae, comprising many species of marine and fresh-water food fishes, including the sardine (Sardinia), the menhaden (Brevoortia), and the shad (Alosa).
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menhaden

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Any of several species of Atlantic coastal fishes (genus Brevoortia of the herring family), used for oil, fish meal (mainly for animal feed), and fertilizer. Menhaden have a deep body, sharp-edged belly, large head, and tooth-edged scales. Adults are about 15 in. (38 cm) long and weigh 1 lb (0.5 kg) or less. Dense schools of menhaden range from Canada to South America. When feeding, they swim with mouth agape and gill openings widespread to strain out plankton.
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Brevoortia patronus occurs wholly in the Gulf of Mexico, and dominates the menhaden fishery in the Gulf, with other menhaden species representing less than 1% of the annual catch (Ahrenholz, 1981).
Systematics of the North American menhadens: molecular evolutionary ... by Anderson, Joel D. / Fishery Bulletin
1A): Brevoortia tyrannus (Atlantic menhaden), Leiostomus xanthurus (spot), Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic croaker), Paralichthys albiguta (Gulf flounder), P.
Comparison of average larval fish vertical distributions among ... by Hare, Jonathan A.; Govoni, John J. / Fishery Bulletin
Both dorsal and ventral notochord tip pigment, which are diagnostic for the genus Brevoortia (Fig.
Descriptions of larval, prejuvenile, and juvenile finescale menhaden ... by Tolan, James M.; Newstead, David A. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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