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Alan Davidson

Twaite Shad

Alosa fallax (Lacepède)

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top 1000North Atlantic Seafood
North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Family Clupeidae

  • Portuguese: Saboga
  • Spanish: Saboga
  • French: Alose finte
  • Dutch: Fint
  • German: Finte, Elben
  • Polish: Parposz
  • Russian: Finta
  • Finnish: Tàplásilli
  • Swedish: Staksill
  • Norwegian: Stamsild
  • Danish: Stavsild, Stamsild
  • Icelandic: Augnasild

REMARKS Maximum length 50 cm. The back is a brilliant blue-black, the flanks and belly silver to white and the sides of the head golden. Note the row of spots, which may number six or seven on each side.

This slightly smaller shad has a more extensive northward range than the allis shad, and is present in the Baltic, although not common there.

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