Twaite shad
(Alosa fallax)

Classification

Species: Alosa fallax
Genus: Alosa - River Herrings
Family: Alosidae - Shads
Order: Clupeiformes - Herrings
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Twaite shad
Habitat: Anadromous
Climates: Tropical, Subtropical, Temperate
Native: Africa, Europe, Asia
Distribution: Nestos, Bojana, Lake Skadar, Nile, North Sea, Guadalquivir, Daugava (Western Dvina), Black sea, Ebro, Norwegian sea, Great Ouse, Vjosa, Struma (Strymonas), Loire, Neretva, Mediterranean Sea, Po River, River Severn, River Towy, River Taff, River Ely, Atlantic Ocean

Join us!

Fish Species Search

Fish Species Search

Recently updated fishes

Romanian loach
(Sabanejewia romanica)

Bluefin stoneroller
(Campostoma pauciradii)

Caspian white-finned gudgeon
(Romanogobio albipinnatus)

Italian Gudgeon
(Romanogobio benacensis)

Cetina Spined Loach
(Cobitis dalmatina)

Norin goby
(Knipowitschia radovici)

Ilyrian spined loach
(Cobitis illyrica)

Mrakovcic’s Goby
(Knipowitschia mrakovcici)

Canestrini’s Goby
(Ninnigobius canestrinii)

Highland stoneroller
(Campostoma spadiceum)