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Definition of Pomolobus pseudoharengus
1. Noun. Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus.
Generic synonyms: Clupeid, Clupeid Fish
Group relationships: Alosa, Genus Alosa
Terms within: Alewife
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomolobus Pseudoharengus
Literary usage of Pomolobus pseudoharengus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson). Deep Run and Alloway Creek; common in spring.
At Atlantic City few Alosa sapidissima in the spring, and Brevoortia ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"210—Alewife, pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson). Potomac River. shad of the Gulf
of Mexico (Alosa ..."
3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"The branch herring (pomolobus pseudoharengus) is found along the Atlantic coast
as far south as Charleston, entering fresh-water streams to spawn, ..."
4. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"The Alewife (pomolobus pseudoharengus) is the most abundant food fish in the east
coast rivers of the United States, and next to the shad is the most ..."
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