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Current accepted name |
No |
Status |
Ambiguous synonym |
Status details |
questionable, original combination |
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Comment |
Synonym of Alosa algeriensis by Kottelat 1997 (Ref. 13696:38); of Alosa agone by Bianco 2002 (Ref. 47607:62). |
Etymology of generic noun |
Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335). |
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References using the name as accepted |
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