Senegal country information

Common names: Awatt, Chalo, Cobo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality of the neotype of Ethmalosa fimbriata: 'St. Louis, Senegal' (Ref. 102833); type locality of Meletta senegalensis: 'Sénégal' (Ref. 104876). Known from coast of Atlantic Ocean (Ref. 3068, 43836, 43850), Senegal River (Ref. 5356, 41488, 42792, 43853, 101136, 102833, 118136, 118206), Sine-Saloum estuary (Ref. 5476, 28587, 42792, 45752, 118136, 118206) and Casamance River (Ref. 5476, 27162, 33587, 42792, 118136, 118206). Also Ref. 187, 3054.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.refer.sn/sngal_ct/eco/oeps/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Albaret, J.-J., 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Ethmalose d'Afrique, Sábalo africano, Бонга, ... more

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Ethmalosa: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve, also the ethmoides bone + 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).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल; खारा; कैटाड़रोमस (Ref. 51243); गहराई सीमा 0 - 50 m (Ref. 54436), usually 0 - 50 m (Ref. 54436). Tropical; 25°N - 8°S, 17°W - 14°E (Ref. 54436)

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग |
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Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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