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Brevoortia tyrannus
Menhaden Men*ha"den, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.

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- Brevoortia are all species of menhaden and consist of the following species: Brevoortia aurea (Spix & Ag****iz, 1829) (Brazilian menhaden) Brevoortia gunteri...
- The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Alosidae. Atlantic menhaden are found in North Atlantic...
- The Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) is a small marine filter-feeding fish belonging to the family Alosidae. The range of Gulf menhaden encomp****es...
- 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...
- are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus Alosa (river herrings), Brevoortia (menhadens), and Sardina. The Alosidae were previously included in the...
- respiration rates of a filter-feeding planktivore, the Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (Pisces: Clupeidae)". Fishery Bulletin. 78 (4): 877–886 – via...
- will also eat cephalopods, particularly squid. Menhaden of the genus Brevoortia can be an important prey item where common, and jellyfish and larger plankton...
- the most important prey of the blacktip shark is the Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus), followed by the Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)...
- Agavoideae Diamena Ravenna Brodiaeoideae Dichelostemma ****h (including Brevoortia, Stropholirion) Lomandroideae Dichopogon ****h (may be included in Arthropodium)...
- harengus Y Y Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus Y Y Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus Y Y Atlantic moonfish Selene setapinnis Y Y Atlantic needlefish...