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Skipjack Shad

Alosa chrysochloris

Classification

Family
Clupeidae

The skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris) is a North American, migratory, fresh and brackish water fish species in the herring family Alosidae. The name skipjack shad comes from the fact that it is commonly seen leaping out of the water while feeding. Other common names include blue herring, golden shad, river shad, Tennessee tarpon, and McKinley shad.

Distribution

(c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 179