aestivalis, Clupea Mitchill [S. L.] 1814:21 [Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill; ref. 3030] New York, U.S.A. No types known. Also in Mitchill 1815:456, Pl. 5 (fig. 6) [ref. 13292]. •Valid as Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill 1814) -- (Lee et al. 1980:61 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:65 [ref. 22186], Whitehead 1985:192 [ref. 5141], Robins & Ray 1986:67 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:102 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:51 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:33 [ref. 18983], Desfosse et al. in Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:217 [ref. 21581], Murdy et al. 1997:78 [ref. 23144], Scott & Crossman 1998:119 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:42 [ref. 25838], Munroe in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:112 [ref. 26158], Scharpf 2003:13 [ref. 26883], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:810 [ref. 26997], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2005:9 [ref. 28940], Faria et al. 2006:301 [ref. 39548], Page & Burr 2011:147 [ref. 31215], Schmidt & Morse 2011:229 [ref. 31775], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:67 [ref. 35886], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill 1814). Alosidae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: Atlantic coast from Canada to northern Florida. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.