Allis shad (Alosa alosa) & European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

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Subject:	Allis shad (Alosa alosa) & European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)
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Allis shad (Alosa alosa) & European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

Fig.1. Clupea alosa - Die Alfe - L' Alose - The Schad = allis shad (Alosa alosa)
Fig.2. Clupea encrasicolus - Der Anjovis - L'Anchois - The Anchovy = European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

Alosa alosa syn. Clupea alosa & Engraulis encrasicolus syn. Clupea encrasicolus
Date 1796
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7064407211
Author Marcus Elieser Bloch
Full title Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature / par Marc Éliéser Bloch.
Names NameFound:Clupea NameConfirmed:Clupea EOLID:11096836 NameBankID:2484622
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4786667
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIchthyologie%3B_ou%2C_Histoire_naturelle_des_poissons_%28Plate_30%29_%287064407211%29.jpg

Fig.1. Clupea alosa - Die Alfe - L' Alose - The Schad = allis shad (Alosa alosa)

The allis shad (Alosa alosa) is a widespread Northeast Atlantic species of fish in the herring family, Clupeidae. It is an anadromous fish which migrates into fresh water to spawn. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the western Baltic Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea. In appearance it resembles an Atlantic herring but has a distinctive dark spot behind the gill cover and sometimes a row of up to six spots behind this.

Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Alosa
Species: Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig.2. Clupea encrasicolus - Der Anjovis - L'Anchois - The Anchovy
= European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

The European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) is a forage fish somewhat related to the herring. It is a type of anchovy; anchovies are placed in the family Engraulidae. It lives off the coasts of Europe and Africa, including in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. It is fished by humans throughout much of its range.

Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Engraulis
Species: Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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