Brevoortia (Noun)
Meaning
Menhaden.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Brevoortia is a genus of fish that includes the Atlantic menhaden and Gulf menhaden.
- The Brevoortia genus consists of several species of small fish commonly referred to as menhaden.
- The most common species of menhaden found in the Gulf of Mexico belongs to the genus Brevoortia.
- The name Brevoortia is attributed to a New York physician and naturalist, James Carson Brevoort, who studied menhaden in the 1800s.
- In the context of menhaden fishing, scientists often refer to the different species within the Brevoortia genus.