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26 relations: Actinopterygii, Allis shad, Alosa, Alosinae, Animal, Atlantic herring, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Chordate, Clupeidae, Clupeiformes, Estuary, Fish, Fish fin, Fish migration, Fish scale, Habitat destruction, Habitats Directive, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, Lateral line, Operculum (fish), Overfishing, Sprat, Sympatry, Water pollution.
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.
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Allis shad
The allis shad (Alosa alosa) is a widespread Northeast Atlantic species of fish in the herring family, Clupeidae.
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Alosa
Alosa is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Clupeidae.
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Alosinae
The Alosinae, or the shads, ITIS are a subfamily of fishes in the herring family Clupeidae.
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Animal
Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.
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Atlantic herring
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a herring in the family Clupeidae.
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Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (26 December 17566 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason.
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Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
The Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, also known as the Bern Convention (or Berne Convention), is a binding international legal instrument in the field of Nature Conservation, it covers the natural heritage in Europe, as well as in some African countries.
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Chordate
A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.
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Clupeidae
Clupeidae is a family of ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings, shads, sardines, ilish, and menhadens.
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Clupeiformes
Clupeiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae.
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
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Fish
Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.
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Fish fin
Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.
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Fish migration
Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annually or longer, and over distances ranging from a few metres to thousands of kilometres.
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Fish scale
The skin of most fishes is covered with scales, which, in many cases, are animal reflectors or produce animal coloration.
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Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present.
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Habitats Directive
The Habitats Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) is a European Union directive adopted in 1992 as an EU response to the Berne Convention.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
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Lateral line
The lateral line is a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water.
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Operculum (fish)
The operculum is a series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills; it is also used for respiration and feeding.
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Overfishing
Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish from a body of water at a rate that the species cannot replenish in time, resulting in those species either becoming depleted or very underpopulated in that given area.
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Sprat
A sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae.
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Sympatry
In biology, two species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another.
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Water pollution
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities.
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Alosa fallax, Twait Shad, Twaite shad.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twait_shad
