# Alosa mediocris

Alosa mediocris és una espècie de peix de la família dels clupeids i de l'ordre dels clupeïformes.

## Morfologia

* Els mascles poden assolir 60 cm de llargària total.
* Nombre de vèrtebres: 53-55.

## Paràsits

És parasitat per nematodes, cestodes i trematodes.

## Alimentació

Menja peixets, calamars, crancs petits i altres crustacis, i ous de peix.

## Distribució geogràfica

Es troba a l'Atlàntic occidental: al llarg de la costa entre Maine i Florida (Estats Units).

## Referències

* ↑ BioLib (anglès)
* ↑ Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303.
* 1 2 3 FishBase (anglès)
* ↑ Bigelow, H.B., M.G. Bradbury, J.R. Dymond, J.R. Greeley, S.F. Hildebrand, G.W. Mead, R.R. Miller, L.R. Rivas, W.L. Schroeder, R.D. Suttkus i V.D. Vladykov 1963. Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part three. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ.

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