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1859 Bloch, M.E., 1795. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Neunter Theil. Berlin, im Verlage der Morinoschen Kunsthandlung. 192 p. 1795 Clupea nasus 116
27773 Herklots, G.A.C. and S.Y. Lin, 1940. Common marine food-fishes of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University. 89 p. 1940 Nematalosa nasus 13
2857 Herre, A.W.C.T. and A.F. Umali, 1948. English and local common names of Philippine fishes. U. S. Dept. of Interior and Fish and Wildl. Serv. Circular No. 14, U. S. Gov't Printing Office, Washington. 128 p. 1948 Nematalosa nasus 79,86,87,90,92,101
280 Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. 1953 Nematalosa nasus 63,64
4735 Herre, A.W.C.T., 1959. Marine fishes in Philippine rivers and lakes. Philipp. J. Sci. 87(1):65-88. 1959 Nematalosa nasus 70
43236 Annigeri, G.G., 1963. Maturation of the intraovarian eggs and the spawning periodicities in a few fish of the Mangalore area based on ova-diameter measurements. Indian J. Fish. 10:23-32. 1963 Nematalosa nasus 23-32
12075 Anonymous, 1972. 50 important food fish and the fishing industry in Hong Kong. The Government Printer, Hong Kong. (with Chinese translation). 1972 Nematolosa nasus -->
48321 Ricker, W.E., 1973. Russian-English dictionary for students of fisheries and aquatic biology. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Ottawa. 1973 Nematalosa nasus 256
2948 Whitehead, P.J.P., 1974. Clupeidae. In W. Fischer and P.J.P. Whitehead (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 57) and Western Central Pacific (Fishing Area 71). volume 1. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome. 1974 Nematalosa nasus -->
105472 Pihu, E., 1979. Loomade elu 4. köide. Kalad. Pihu, E. 1979. Loomade Elu, 4. Köide, Kalad. Valgus, Tallinn. 1979 Nematalosa nasus -->
1632 Suvatti, C., 1981. Fishes of Thailand. Royal Institute of Thailand, Bangkok. 379 p. 1981 Nematalosa nasus 20
45674 Pauly, D., 1982. The fishes and their ecology. p.15-33. In D. Pauly and A.N. Mines (eds.) Small-scale fisheries of San Miguel Bay, Philippines: biology and stock assessment. ICLARM Techn. Rep. 7, 124 p. 1982 Nematalosa nasus 26
5969 Kotlyar, A.N., 1984. Dictionary of names of marine fishes on the six languages. All Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow. 288 p. 1984 Nematalosa nasus 31
6867 Talwar, P.K. and R.K. Kacker, 1984. Commercial sea fishes of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 997 p. 1984 Nematalosa nasus 172
188 Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. 1985 Nematalosa nasus 248
2858 Conlu, P.V., 1986. Guide to Philippine flora and fauna. Fishes. Volume IX. Natural Resources Management Center, Quezon City. 495 p. 1986 Nematolosa nasus 42-3
3259 Whitehead, P.J.P. and T. Wongratana, 1986. Clupeidae. p. 199-204. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 1986 Nematalosus nasus 202;fig.54.6
5736 Hla Win, U., 1987. Checklist of fishes of Burma. Ministry of Livestock Breeding and Fisheries, Department of Fisheries, Burma. 1987 Nematalosa nasus -->
33273 Sen, T.K., 1987. Commercial fishes of Calcutta and adjoining fish markets (Economic aspects, scientific, local and English names). Seafood Export J. 19(5):5-11. 1987 Nematalosa nasus 9
26213 McDowall, R.M., 1988. Diadromy in fishes: migrations between freshwater and marine environments. Croom Helm, London. 1988 Nematalosa nasus 292
51878 Hussain, N.A., A.K. Naiama and L.A.J. Al-Hassan, 1988. Annotated check list of the fish fauna of Khor Al-Zubair, north west of the Arabian Gulf, Iraq. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 18(1):17-24. 1988 Nematalosa nasus 19
80050 Wright, J.M., 1988. Seasonal and spacial differences in the fish assemblage of the non-estuarine Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait. Mar. Biol. 100:13-20. 1988 Nematolosa nasus 15
1479 Rahman, A.K.A., 1989. Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh. Zoological Society of Bangladesh. Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka. 364 p. 1989 Nematalosa nasus 255-256
4517 Hureau, J.-C., 1991. La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1991 Nematalosa nasus -->
6313 Grabda, E. and T. Heese, 1991. Polskie nazewnictwo popularne kraglouste i ryby. Cyclostomata et Pisces. Wyzsza Szkola Inzynierska w Koszalinie. Koszalin, Poland. 171 p. (in Polish). 1991 Nematalosa nasus -->
6898 Shao, K.-T. and P.L. Lim, 1991. Fishes of freshwater and estuary. Encyclopedia of field guide in Taiwan. Recreation Press, Co., Ltd., Taipei. vol. 31. 240 p. (in Chinese). 1991 Nematalosa nasus 21
39989 Ahmed, M., 1991. A model to determine benefits obtainable from the management of riverine fisheries of Bangladesh. ICLARM Tech. Rep. 28, 133 p. 1991 Nematalosa nasus 130
115344 Coad, B.W., 1991. Fishes of the Tigris-Euphrates Basin: a critical checklist. Syllogeus (68):1-56. 1991 Nematalosa nasus 25
5756 Mohsin, A.K.M., M.A. Ambak and M.N.A. Salam, 1993. Malay, English, and scientific names of the fishes of Malaysia. Occas. Publ. Fac. Fish. Mar. Sci. Univ. Pertanian Malays. 11:226 p. 1993 Nematalosa nasus -->
6365 Fouda, M.M. and G.V. Hermosa Jr., 1993. A checklist of Oman fishes. Sultan Qaboos University Press, Sultanate of Oman. 42 p. 1993 Nematalosa nasus -->
171 Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994. SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. 1994 Nematalosa nasus -->
9706 Nguyen, H.P. and N.T. Nguyen, 1994. Checklist of marine fishes in Vietnam. Vol. 2. Osteichthyes, from Elopiformes to Mugiliformes. Science and Technics Publishing House, Vietnam. 1994 Nematalosa nasus 33
27273 Xu, G., W. Zheng and G. Huang (eds.), 1994. Atlas of the fishes and their biology in Daya Bay. Anhui Scientific and Technical Publishers, P.R.O.C. 311 p. 1994 Nematalosa nasus 25-27
9773 Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995. Marine species of the Sultanate of Oman. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sultanate of Oman. 412 p. 1995 Nematalosa nasus 124
11298 De Bruin, G.H.P., B.C. Russell and A. Bogusch, 1995. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The marine fishery resources of Sri Lanka. Rome, FAO. 400 p. 1995 Nematalosa nasus 177
11441 Randall, J.E., 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. 1995 Nematalosa nasus 67;fig.124
29108 Rao, K.V.R., 1995. Pisces. p. 483-506. In Fauna of Chilka Lake. Wetland Ecosystem Series 1. Zool. Surv. India. 673 p. 1995 Nematalosa nasus 486
43283 Dioneda, R.R., L.R. Pura, Q.P. Sia III and L.O. Basmayor, 1995. A checklist of fishes and invertebrates caught and observed in Lagonoy Gulf. In G. Silvestre, C. Luna, V. Soliman and L. Garces (eds.) Resource and ecological assessment of Lagonoy Gulf, Philippines: Terminal Report Vol.2 Technical Monograph. ICLARM Tech Rep. 000,000 p. 1995 Nematalosa nasus -->
45227 Silvestre, G.T., L.R. Garces and C.Z. Luna, 1995. Resource and ecological assessment of Lagonoy Gulf, Philippines: Terminal Report Vol.1 Final Report. In G. Silvestre, C. Luna, V. Soliman and L. Garces (eds.) Resource and ecological assessment of Lagonoy Gulf, Philippines. ICLARM Tech. Rep. 000, 000 p. 1995 Nematalosa nasus 84
10937 Anonymous, 1996. Fish collection database of the University of British Columbia Fish Museum Fish Museum. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 1996 Nematalosa nasus -->
12693 Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. 1996 Nematalosa nasus 62
27550 Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak, 1996. Marine fishes and fisheries of Malaysia and neighbouring countries. University of Pertanian Malaysia Press, Serdang, Malaysia. 744 p. 1996 Nematalosa nasus 106 ;fig.154
12818 Anonymous, 1997. Fish registrations within the museum database of the Vertebrate Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. 1997 Nematalosa nasus -->
28618 Randall, J.E., 1997. Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10,000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished. 1997 Nematalosa nasus -->
37773 Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn and T. Songsirikul, 1997. Checklist of Fishes in Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, Thailand. 353 p. 1997 Nematalosa nasus 33
47613 Assadi, H. and Dehghani P.R., 1997. Atlas of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman fishes. Iranian Fisheries Research and Training Organization, Iran. 1997 Nematolosa nasus 47
68964 Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz, 1997. Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. 293p + 17 col. plates. Rome, FAO. 1997 Nematalosa nasus 112
43081 Jeyaseelan, M.J.P., 1998. Manual of fish eggs and larvae from Asian mangrove waters. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Paris. 193 p. 1998 Nematalosa nasus 23-26
46452 Huynh, D.H., 1998. Rare valuable animals in Vietnam. p. 23-56. In C.V. Sung (ed.) Environment and bioresources of Vietnam: present situation and solutions. The Gioi Publishers, Hanoi. 1998 Nematalosa nasus 51
9891 Munroe, T.A., T. Wongratana and M.S. Nizinski, 1999. Clupeidae. Herrings (also, sardines, shads, sprats, pilchards and menhadens). p. 1775-1784. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. 1999 Nematalosa nasus -->
31075 Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999. Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zool. Stud. 38(2):130-152. 1999 Nematalosa nasus 135
31402 Swedish Museum of Natural History, 1999. Fish collection database of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History). Ichthyology Section, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. 1999 Chatoessus nasus -->
31411 Ganaden, S.R. and F. Lavapie-Gonzales, 1999. Common and local names of marine fishes of the Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippines. 385 p. 1999 Nematalosa nasus 67
31517 Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. 1999 Nematalosa nasus -->
31982 Anonymous, 1999. Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). 1999 Nematalosa nasus -->
31982 Anonymous, 1999. Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). 1999 Chatoessus nasus -->
34634 Anonymous, 2000. Fish collection database of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. 2000 Dorosoma nasus -->
35508 Anonymous, 2000. The icthyological collection of the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). Division of Ichthyology and Herpetology, Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). 2000 Dorosoma nasus -->
36648 Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. 2000 Nematalosa nasus 587
36670 Anonymous, 2000. Fish collection database of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 2000 Nematalosa nasus -->
38732 Anonymous, 2001. Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. 2001 Nematalosa nasus -->
40919 Anonymous, 2001. Fish collection database of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. 2001 Nematalosa nasus -->
44416 Kottelat, M., 2001. Freshwater fishes of northern Vietnam. A preliminary check-list of the fishes known or expected to occur in northern Vietnam with comments on systematics and nomenclature. Environment and Social Development Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region. The World Bank. 123 p. 2001 Nematalosa nasus 13
47439 Zhang, S., 2001. Fauna Sinica, Osteichthyes. Acipenseriformes, Elopiformes, Clupeiformes, Gonorhynchiformes. Fauna Sinica series. Beijing: Science Press. 209 p. 2001 Nematalosa nasus 103
47843 Huang, Z., 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404-463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, USA. 598 p. 2001 Nematalosa nasus 410
51054 Hanel, L. and J. Novák, 2001. České názvy zivočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces) II., nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) [chrupavčití (Chondrostei), kostnatí (Neopterygii): kostlíni (Semionotiformes) - bezostní (Clupeiformes)]. Národní muzeum (zoologické odděleí), Praha. 2001 Nematalosa nasus -->
41414 Anonymous, 2002. Fish collection database of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West , NY 10024-5192, USA. 2002 Nematalosa nasus -->
43309 Anonymous, 2002. Fish collection of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas Museum. UPV Museum. 2002 Nematolosa nasus -->
45255 Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002. Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India.775 p. 2002 Nematolosa nasus 102
54602 Daniels, R.J.R., 2002. Freshwater fishes of Peninsular India. Madhav Gadgil (ed) India-A lifescape 2. Universities Press, Hyderabad. 2002 Nematalosa nasus 64
51471 Carl, H., 2003. Danish fish names. Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Unpublished. 2003 Nematalosa nasus -->
58108 Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 2003. Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn 2003 Nematalosa nasus -->
119713 Leung, A.W.Y., 2003. Temporal trends in fish abundance and species composition on an open access artificial reef in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, M.Phil. Thesis, 187p. 2003 Nematalosa nasus 96; Tab.4.7
51243 Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. 2004 Nematalosa nasus -->
55073 Chen, C.-H., 2004. Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication No. 4. 175 p. 2004 Nematalosa nasus 35
55784 Nghia, N.V., 2005. Fishes of Viet Nam. Unpublished compilation of Nguyen Viet Nghia. 2005 Nematalosa nasus -->
58534 Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006. Biodiversity and living resources of the coral reef fishes in Vietnam marine waters. Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi. 2006 Nematolosa nasus 49
85449 Department of Fisheries Malaysia, 2009. Valid local name of Malaysian marine fishes. Department of Fisheries Malaysia. Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry. 180 p. 2009 Nematalosa nasus -->
85538 Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2010. Major marine fish types by commercial group. http://www.fisheries.gov.lk. 2010 Nematalosa nasus -->
108711 Hussain, S.M., R. Paperno and Z. Khatoon, 2010. Length-weight relationships of fishes collected from the Korangi-Phitti Creek area (Indus delta, northern Arabian Sea). J. Appl. Ichthyol. 26:477-480. 2010 Nematalosa nasus 478
109283 Coad, B.W., 2010. Freshwater fishes of Iraq. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 93. Pensoft Publishers, Moscow. 274pp. 2010 Nematalosa nasus -->
125515 Nip, T.H.M. and C.K. Wong, 2010. Juvenile fish assemblages in mangrove and non-mangrove soft-shore habitats in eastern Hong Kong. Zool. Stud. 49(6):760-778. 2010 Nematalosa nasus Tab.3
87596 Rajan, P.T., C.R. Sreeraj and T. Immanuel, 2011. Fish fauna of coral reef, mangrove, freshwater, offshore and seagrass beds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Haddo, Port Blair. 2011 Nematalosa nasus -->
89111 Chu, W.S., Y.-Y. Hou, Y.-T. Ueng and J.-P. Wang, 2012. Length- weight relationships of fishes in Chi-gu black-spoonbill reserve area of Taiwan. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 28:150-151. 2012 Nematalosa nasus 150
93975 Paighambari, S. Yousef, Daliri and Moslem, 2012. The by-catch composition of shrimp trawl fisheries in Bushehr coastal waters, the Northern Persian Gulf. Journal of the Persian Gulf (Marine Science) 3(7): 27-36. 2012 Nematolosa nasus 29
107945 Cheung, W.L., R. Watson and D. Pauly, 2013. Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch. Nature 497:365-368. 2013 Nematalosa nasus -->
115073 Mukherjee, M., V.R. Suresh, R.K. Manna, D. Panda, A.P. Sharma and M.K. Pati, 2016. Dietary preference and feeding ecology of Bloch’s gizzard shad, Nematalosa nasus. Journal of Ichthyology 56(3):373-382. 2016 Nematalosa nasus 377
115172 Panda, D., S.K. Karna, M. Mukherjee, R.K. Manna, V.R. Suresh and A.P. Sharma, 2016. Length-weight relationships of six tropical fish species from Chilika Lagoon, India. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 32:1286-1289. 2016 Nematalosa nasus 1287
127615 Ramya, V.C., S. Benakappa, H.N. Anjanayappa, E.G. Jayaraj, S.R. Somashekara and V. Mahesh, 2016. Reproductive biology of Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795) off Mangalore coast, Karnataka. Journal of Experimental Zoology India 19(1):313-319. 2016 Nematalosa nasus -->
114805 Torres, F. Jr., 2017. Species list for the five municipalities in Southern Palawan. Personal Communication [31/03/17]. 2017 Nematalosa nasus -->
117365 Ziyadi, M.S.F., L.A. Jawad and M.A. Al-Mukhtar, 2018. Halicampus zavorensis Dawson, 1984 (Syngnathidae): new record for Iraqi marine waters and for the Arabian Gulf area. Cah. Biol. Mar. 59:121-126. 2018 Nematalosa nasus 124
118628 Palomares, M.L.D., R. Froese, B. Derrick, S.-L. Nöel, G. Tsui, J. Woroniak and D. Pauly, 2018. A preliminary global assessment of the status of exploited marine fish and invertebrate populations. A report prepared by the Sea Around Us for OCEANA. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, p. 64. 2018 Nematalosa nasus -->
121533 Parker, J., M.W. Fritts and J.A. DeBoer, 2018. Length-weight relationships for small Midwestern US fishes. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 34:1081-1083. 2018 Nematalosa nasus 2
122095 Karna, S.K., M. Mukherjee, Y. Ali, R.K. Manna and V.R. Suresh, 2020. Length-weight relations of fishes (Actinopterygii) from Chilika Lagoon, India. Acta Ichthyol. Et Pisc. 50(1):93-96. 2020 Nematalosa nasus 95
75549 FAO-FIES, 2022. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis, 29 April 2008. 2022 Nematalosa nasus -->
83882 FAO-FIES, 2022. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2010. 2022 Nematalosa nasus -->
90062 FAO-FIES, 2022. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2012. 2022 Nematalosa nasus -->
95632 FAO-FIES, 2022. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, April 2014. 2022 Nematalosa nasus -->
101110 FAO-FIES, 2022. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, [accessed 13/04/2015]. 2022 Nematalosa nasus -->
115257 FAO-FIES, 2022. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). 2022 Nematalosa nasus -->
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