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The American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), also known as the mud shad, is a member of the herring family of fish and is native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters in the United States of America, [2] as well as portions of Quebec, Canada, and Mexico. [3] The adult has a deep body, with a silvery-green coloration above fading to ...
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Threadfin shad. The threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) is a small pelagic freshwater forage fish common in lakes, large streams and reservoirs of the Southeastern United States. Like the American gizzard shad, the threadfin shad has an elongated dorsal fin, but unlike the gizzard shad, its mouth is more terminal without a projecting upper jaw.
Hickory shad. The hickory shad ( Alosa mediocris ), fall herring, mattowacca, [ 3][ 4][ a] freshwater taylor or bonejack[ 5] is a member of the family Alosidae, ranging along the East Coast of the United States from Florida to the Gulf of Maine. It is an anadromous fish species, meaning that it spawns in freshwater portions of rivers, but ...
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The male shad is an excellent game fish, showing multiple jumps and an occasional end-over-end; it has been called a "freshwater tarpon ". The gravid female does not fight much, but is often kept for the roe. The current world record is listed by the IGFA as 11 pounds 4 ounces (5.1 kg), set at Holyoke Dam, Massachusetts, on 19 May 1986 by ...
Sunfishes (Centrarchidae) Mud sunfish (Acantharcus pomotis) Rock bass (Amblopites rupestris) Flier (Centrarchus macropterus) Blackbanded sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon) Bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus) Banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
The Shad Foundation is an international non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization established in 1996 for the study, protection, and celebration of shads around the world. Currently, there are more than 30 recognized shad species worldwide. [1] Shad, which are members of the herring family, are widely distributed, and many are anadromous, meaning ...