|  |  |  |  |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |   |  Blueback herring  |  Cape Cod National Seashore  |  |   |   |   | Record Status: Approved  |  Occurrence:  | Probably Present  |  Nativeness:  | Native  |  Abundance:  |   |  |   |  Scientific Name with Authority:  | Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)  |  Park Preferred Common Name(s):  |  |  Park Synonyms:  |  |  |   |   | Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Clupeiformes, Suborder Clupeoidei, Family Clupeidae, Genus Alosa, Species Alosa aestivalis  |  
  |  | 
 |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  Management Tags:  |  Exploitation Concern  |  Management Priority  |  
  |  | 
 |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  Threatened/Endangered Status:  | SU  |  State Species of Concern Status:  |   |  Ozone-sensitive Status:  |   |  NatureServe Global Rank:  | G3G4  |  NatureServe State Rank:  | MA: S3S4  |  Evidence:  | 1 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links  |  
  |  | 
 |  |  |  Other Parks Where Species is Listed:  |   |  Assateague Island National Seashore  | Cape Hatteras National Seashore  |  Cape Lookout National Seashore  | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area  |  Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park  | Colonial National Historical Park  |  Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area  | Fire Island National Seashore  |  Fort Sumter National Historical Park  | Gateway National Recreation Area  |  George Washington Memorial Parkway  | Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens  |  Rock Creek Park  | Sagamore Hill National Historic Site  |  West Potomac Park  |   |  
  |  | 
 |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  Last Modified Date:  | 11/6/2008  |   |  
  |  | 
 |  | 
 |  | NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database.  IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies.  Accessed 11/3/2025 7:55:24 PM  |  
  |  | 
 |  | 
 | NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank  NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly. This information is provided by NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) and its network of natural heritage member programs, a leading source of information about rare and endangered species, and threatened ecosystems.  |  
  |  | 
 |  |