About: Menhaden

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Menhaden, also known as mossbunker and bunker and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, two genera of marine fish in the family Clupeidae. 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. It is generally thought that Pilgrims were advised by Tisquantum (also known as Squanto) to plant menhaden with their crops.

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  • Menhaden, also known as mossbunker and bunker and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, two genera of marine fish in the family Clupeidae. 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. It is generally thought that Pilgrims were advised by Tisquantum (also known as Squanto) to plant menhaden with their crops. (en)
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  • Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (en)
  • Gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus (en)
  • Pacific menhaden, Ethmidium maculatum (en)
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  • all other genera in the family Clupeidae (en)
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  • Menhaden (en)
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  • Brevoortia patronus.jpg (en)
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  • Brevoortia patronus (en)
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  • Brevoortia patronus (en)
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  • * Genus Brevoortia (T. N. Gill, 1861) * Genus Ethmidium (W. F. Thompson, 1916 ) (en)
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  • Menhaden (en)
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  • Clupeidae (en)
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  • Brevoortia (en)
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  • Menhaden, also known as mossbunker and bunker and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, two genera of marine fish in the family Clupeidae. 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. It is generally thought that Pilgrims were advised by Tisquantum (also known as Squanto) to plant menhaden with their crops. (en)
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  • Menhaden (en)
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