Brevoortia
Atlantic menhaden
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Alosidae
Genus:	Brevoortia Gill, 1861
Type species
Clupea menhaden Mitchill, 1814[1]

The genus Brevoortia are all species of menhaden, there are found mainly in western Atlantic and consist of the following species:

• Brevoortia aurea (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Brazilian menhaden)
• Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand, 1948 (Finescale menhaden)
• Brevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 (Gulf menhaden)
• Brevoortia pectinata (Jenyns, 1842) (Argentine menhaden)
• Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand, 1941 (Yellowfin menhaden)
• Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) (Atlantic menhaden)

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brevoortia". FishBase. June 2011 version.