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Alosa praestabilis DeKay, 1842
Synonym for Alosa sapidissima DeKay, 1842
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Alosa; Species: praestabilis; Original reference
  Current accepted name :   
No
  Status details:   
junior synonym, original combination
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  Etymology of Generic name : 
  
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).
Etymology of specific name : 
  
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Synonym
 
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