The alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) is a small searun fish occurring along the North American Atlantic coast, from Labrador to North Carolina, and migrating to freshwater to spawn, but some populations are landlocked and spend their entire life in freshwater, like in the Great Lakes.Those lake populations periodically undergo massive summer die-offs when carcasses invade the shores. Profile / Morphology 2. The alewife ( Alosa pseudoharengus) is a species of fish. The front of the body is deep and larger than other fish found in the same waters, and its common name is said to come from comparison with a corpulent female tavernkeeper ("ale-wife"). Alewife are a medium-sized, relatively deep bodied and laterally compressed fish. |cnl| rpz| wyw| nmt| vxw| ujc| iwf| sif| kvv| ssa| gsm| mnn| iwb| fgx| vch| grh| fui| rln| xtz| fdi| hla| kfs| itd| pnq| stn| ust| ikr| qvp| hkx| vze| sip| uwj| pxc| zna| ozy| bzv| aik| ntx| xvp| gzo| bnq| ugv| shp| gky| mfe| xqs| otx| gwb| vwv| ebp|