Twait shad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twait shad
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Alosa
Species: A. fallax
Binomial name
Alosa fallax
Lacépède, 1800

The twait shad or twaite shad (Alosa fallax) is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family. It is found in Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

[edit] Source