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Gulf Menhaden

Brevoortia patronus

Classification

Family
Clupeidae

The Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) is a small marine filter-feeding fish belonging to the family Alosidae. The range of Gulf menhaden encompasses the entirety of the Gulf of Mexico nearshore waters, with the exception of the extreme eastern Yucatan and western Cuba. Evidence from morphology and DNA analyses suggest that the Gulf menhaden is the Gulf of Mexico complement to the Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 483Canada · 16Mexico · 4