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Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795)

Bloch's gizzard shad
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United Arab Emirates country information

Common names: Yawafa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
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Common names from other countries

Chardin gros nez, Machuelo narigón, صابوغة كبيرة الأنف, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Nematalosa: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + 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).
  More on author: Bloch.

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

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