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Atlantic Menhaden

Brevoortia tyrannus

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 91, February 97, March 107, April 174, May 226, June 112, July 91, August 88, September 106, October 98, November 81, December 83.
United States6,338
Virginia1,354
New York839
Maryland706
North Carolina622
Massachusetts560
New Jersey546
Canada472
Maine319
New Brunswick263

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderHerrings · Clupeiformes
FamilyShads and Sardines · Alosidae
GenusMenhaden · Brevoortia

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