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Alosidae
Brazilian menhaden
Brevoortia aurea
Fish Following Drifting Plankton
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- South America
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumBrazilian menhaden is known around Southwest Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 34.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Alosidae
- Genus
- Brevoortia
- Maximum length
- 34.4 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southwest Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil probably to mouth of Rio de la Plata, Argentina (needs confirmation).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
