Finescale Menhaden

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Menhaden, also known as mossbunker, bunker, and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, two genera of marine fish in the order Clupeiformes. Menhaden is a blend of poghaden (pogy for short) and an Algonquian word akin to Narragansett munnawhatteaûg, derived from munnohquohteau ("he fertilizes"), referring to their use of the fish as fertilizer. It is generally thought that Pilgrims were advised by Tisquantum (also known as Squanto) to plant menhaden with their crops.

Brevoortia es un género de la familia Clupeidae, el cual agrupa algunas especies de peces clupeiformes eurihalinos anfibióticos denominados comúnmente lachas. Taxonomía Este género fue descrito originalmente en el año 1861 por el ictiólogo y paleontólogo estadounidense Theodore Nicholas Gill. ​ Se lo incluye en la subfamilia Alosinae.