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Alosa

Alosa is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Alosidae. Along with other genera in the subfamily Alosinae, they are generally known as shads. They are distinct from other herrings by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers. Several species can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Also, several taxa…

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Alosa

Nodes126
Edges125
Triples87
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
Components1

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Alosa

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related to Fossil species · 31
Alosa → Agassiz, Algeria, An, Bratishko, California, Chisara, Daniltshenko, David, Eocene, Germany, Greece, Heckel, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Late Miocene, Middle Miocene, Miocene, Miocene-aged, North Caucasus
related to Systematics · 22
Alosa → American, Black, Caspialosa, Caspian, Caspian Sea, Caspian Seas, Conversely, Florida, Greece, In, Ireland, Italy, Killarney, Morphology, Most, Nonetheless, North America, Pomolobus, Several, The
related to Lifecycle and reproduction · 15
Alosa → April, As Alosa, August, Duration, Eggs, Estuaries, Fecundity, Geography, Iranian, Reproduction, Since, Species, Studies, Temperatures, They
related to References · 7
Alosa → Daniel, FishBase, Froese, June, Pauly, Rainer, Species
related to Biology · 6
Alosa → American, Males, Most, Shads, They, This
related to Appearance · 3
Alosa → Most, Some, Spots
is a · 1
Alosa → genus of fish

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shad species spawning caspian fish genus sea generally known found american several north fossil black anadromous many taxa also shads

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Alosais agenus of fish0.90text
turbidityinstance oftheir feeding instinct can be triggered by a variety of factors0.80text
water temperatureinstance oftheir feeding instinct can be triggered by a variety of factors0.80text
Alosarelated to AppearanceSome0.60section
Alosarelated to AppearanceSpots0.60section
Alosarelated to AppearanceMost0.60section
Alosarelated to BiologyShads0.60section
Alosarelated to BiologyThis0.60section
Alosarelated to BiologyAmerican0.60section
Alosarelated to BiologyThey0.60section
Alosarelated to BiologyMales0.60section
Alosarelated to BiologyMost0.60section

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