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Clupea nilotica
Synonym for Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
junior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Junior synonym of Alosa fallax fallax in Whitehead 1985 (Ref. 188).
  Etymology of generic noun  
Latin, clupea = sardine, derived from Clupeus = shield; doubtless a reference to the scales covering the body of the fish + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
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