NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Alosinae
  Family - Clupeidae
  Suborder - Clupeoidei
  Order - Clupeiformes
  Superorder - Clupeomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Alosa sapidissima
      Species - Alosa aestivalis
      Species - Alosa mediocris
      Species - Alosa alabamae
      Species - Alosa pseudoharengus
      Species - Alosa chrysochloris
      Species - Alosa alosa
      Species - Alosa caspia
      Species - Alosa pontica
      Species - Alosa kessleri
      Species - Alosa maeotica
      Species - Alosa sphaerocephala
      Species - Alosa tanaica
      Species - Alosa macedonica
      Species - Alosa killarnensis
      Species - Alosa immaculata
      Species - Alosa agone
      Species - Alosa vistonica
      Species - Alosa braschnikowi
      Species - Alosa saposchnikowii
      Species - Alosa suworowi
      Species - Alosa volgensis
      Species - Alosa curensis