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    (Brazilian menhaden) Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand, 1948 (Finescale menhaden) Brevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 (Gulf menhaden) Brevoortia pectinata (Jenyns...
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    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...
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    The Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) is a small marine filter-feeding fish belonging to the family Alosidae. The range of Gulf menhaden encompasses...
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    The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Alosidae. Atlantic menhaden are found in North Atlantic...
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    are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus Alosa (river herrings), Brevoortia (menhadens), and Sardina. The Alosidae were previously included in the...
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    respiration rates of a filter-feeding planktivore, the Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (Pisces: Clupeidae)". Fishery Bulletin. 78 (4): 877–886 – via...
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    Brodiaeoideae Genus: Dichelostemma Species: D. ida-maia Binomial name Dichelostemma ida-maia (Wood) Greene Synonyms Brevoortia ida-maia Brodiaea ida-maia...
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    will also eat cephalopods, particularly squid. Menhaden of the genus Brevoortia can be an important prey item where common, and jellyfish and larger plankton...
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    Agavoideae Diamena Ravenna Brodiaeoideae Dichelostemma Kunth (including Brevoortia, Stropholirion) Lomandroideae Dichopogon Kunth (may be included in Arthropodium)...
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    the most important prey of the blacktip shark is the Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus), followed by the Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)...
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