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Species in the genus Brevoortia: [ 11 ] records

aureus, Clupanodon Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:52, Pl. 21 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Brazil. Syntypes: MHNN 1159 (1). Type catalog: Kottelat 1988:84 [ref. 13380]. •Valid as Brevoortia aurea (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Whitehead 1985:210 [ref. 5141], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:58 [ref. 25942], López et al. 2002:63 [ref. 26808], López et al. 2003:8 [ref. 27366], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:41 [ref. 27192], Menni 2004:71 [ref. 28131], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Fabiano et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33530], Mirande & Koerber 2015:9 [ref. 35117], Petry et al. 2016:300 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:26 [ref. 35565], Pozzobon et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38249], Carvalho-Filho 2023:61 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Brevoortia aurea (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Alosidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Bahia (Brazil) south to Uruguay and northern Argentina. Habitat: marine.

brevicaudata, Brevoortia tyrannus var. Goode [G. B.] 1878:34 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 1 (no. 15); ref. 18142] Noank, Connecticut, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 129797. Paralectotypes: USNM 14044 (3), 14846 (4). Lectotype from USNM records, not designated here. •Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802). Current status: Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802). Alosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

carolinensis, Clupea Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:140 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Central Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype: BMNH 1853.11.12.109 (skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:206 [ref. 13434]. •Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802) -- (Wheeler 1958:206 [ref. 13434]). Current status: Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802). Alosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

gunteri, Brevoortia Hildebrand [S. F.] 1948:31, Fig. 7 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 107 (no. 18); ref. 13057] Aransas Bay, Rockport, Texas, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 129798. Paratypes: TU 10792 [ex USNM 129802] (1); USNM 120041 (1), 129799-801 (1, 2, 1), 129803-08 (1, 1, 31, 3, 1, 1). Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:117 [ref. 20861], Bart & Taylor 1993:30 [ref. 20906]. •Valid as Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand 1948 -- (Whitehead 1985:211 [ref. 5141], Robins & Ray 1986:68 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:40 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:333 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:107 [ref. 24550], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:828 [ref. 26997], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:91 [ref. 28615], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Pozzobon et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38249], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand 1948. Alosidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

menhaden, Clupea Mitchill [S. L.] 1814:21 [Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill; ref. 3030] Coast of New York, U.S.A. No types known. Also in Mitchill 1815:453, Pl. 5 (fig. 7) [ref. 13292]. •Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802) -- (Whitehead 1985:215 [ref. 5141], Smith 1986:395 [ref. 22186]). Current status: Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802). Alosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

neglecta, Clupea Rafinesque [C. S.] 1818:206 [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 13337] Long Island, New York, U.S.A. No types known. First published as name only in Rafinesque 1817:453 [ref. 18585]. •Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802) -- (Smith 1986:395 [ref. 22186]). Current status: Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802). Alosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

patronus, Brevoortia Goode [G. B.] 1878:39 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 1 (no. 15); ref. 18142] Brazos Santiago, Texas, U.S.A. Syntypes or possible syntypes: MCZ 17827 [ex USNM 891] (2); USNM 891 (?2 of 10), 892 (2), 5864 (2), 129846 [ex 891] (2), 133642 [ex 893] (4), 133643 [ex USNM 893] (2). •Valid as Brevoortia patronus Goode 1878 -- (Whitehead 1985:212 [ref. 5141], Robins & Ray 1986:69 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:40 [ref. 23239], Mettee et al. 1996:119 [ref. 25836], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:334 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:107 [ref. 24550], Ross et al. 2001:106 [ref. 25978], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:814 [ref. 26997], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:138 [ref. 27995], Miller 2006:91 [ref. 28615], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:435 [ref. 35886], Pozzobon et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38249], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Brevoortia patronus Goode 1878. Alosidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pectinata, Alosa Jenyns [L.] 1842:135, Pl. 25 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Bahia Blanca, northern Patagonia. Syntypes: BMNH 1843.2.8.47 (1, dry), BMNH 1917.7.25.1 (1, dry). •Synonym of Brevoortia aurea (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:58 [ref. 25942], Mirande & Koerber 2015:9 [ref. 35117], Carvalho-Filho 2023:61 [ref. 40480]). •Valid as Brevoortia pectinata (Jenyns 1842) -- (Whitehead 1985:213 [ref. 5141], Inada in Nakamura et al. 1986:72 [ref. 14235], Gómez & Chebez 1996:46 [ref. 23791], López et al. 2003:8 [ref. 27366], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:41 [ref. 27192], Petry et al. 2016:300 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:26 [ref. 35565], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Pozzobon et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38249]). Current status: Valid as Brevoortia pectinata (Jenyns 1842). Alosidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) south to Rio de La Plata (Uruguay; Argentina). Habitat: marine.

smithi, Brevoortia Hildebrand [S. F.] 1941:224 [Copeia 1941 (no. 4); ref. 13239] Vicinity of Beaufort, North Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 118723. Paratypes: MCZ 37230 [ex USNM 84368] (1), USNM 84368 (orig. 2, now 1). •Valid as Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand 1941 -- (Whitehead 1985:214 [ref. 5141], Robins & Ray 1986:69 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:40 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:335 [ref. 23897], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:815 [ref. 26997], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:74 [ref. 35886], Pozzobon et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38249], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand 1941. Alosidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

tyrannus, Clupea Latrobe [B. H.] 1802:77 [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society v. 5 (art. 10); ref. 17488] Chesapeake Bay, northeastern U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802) -- (Herrera 1896:28 [ref. 39336], Whitehead 1985:215 [ref. 5141], Smith 1986:395 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:69 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:112 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:51 [ref. 14674], Murdy et al. 1997:72 [ref. 23144], Munroe in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:133 [ref. 26158], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:816 [ref. 26997], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:75 [ref. 35886], Pozzobon et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38249], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802). Alosidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

vigintiradiata, Clupea Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:389 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. Originally as Clupea 20-radiata; corresponds to Cuplea [sic] laccia on p. 377. •Appeared as Clupea laccia vel 20-radiata in Devincenzi 1925:316, 321 [ref. 20322]; Devincenzi treated as a synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802). Current status: Synonym of Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802). Alosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.