Informal name for some fishes (genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium)
"Pogy" redirects here. For the United States Navy submarines of that name, see USS Pogy. For U.S. Navy ships named Menhaden, see USS Menhaden.
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Menhaden
Brevoortia patronus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Superorder:
Clupeomorpha
Order:
Clupeiformes
Groups included
Genus Brevoortia T. N. Gill, 1861
Genus Ethmidium W. F. Thompson, 1916
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
all other genera in the families Clupeidae and Alosidae
Menhaden
Gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus
Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus
Pacific menhaden, Ethmidium maculatum
Menhaden, also known as mossbunker and bunker and "the most important fish in the sea",[1] are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, two genera of marine fish in the order Clupeiformes. Menhaden is a blend of poghaden (pogy for short) and an Algonquian word akin to Narragansett munnawhatteaûg, derived from munnohquohteau ("he fertilizes"), referring to their use of the fish as fertilizer.[2] It is generally thought that Pilgrims were advised by Tisquantum (also known as Squanto) to plant menhaden with their crops.[2]
^Franklin, H. (2007). The Most Important Fish in the Sea. Island Press. ISBN 978-1-59726-124-1.
^ abConniff, Richard (7 December 2012). "The Oiliest Catch". Conservation Magazine. University of Washington. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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