gizzard shad

fish
Also known as: Dorosoma

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description and range

  • American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
    In shad

    The gizzard shads (Dorosoma), of both marine waters and freshwaters, have a muscular stomach and filamentous last dorsal fin rays. The Atlantic species (D. cepedianum), also called hickory shad and fall herring, ranges through the southern United States. Others are found in the Indo-Pacific and Australian…

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