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American Shad

Alosa sapidissima

Classification

Family
Clupeidae

The American shad (Alosa sapidissima) is a species of anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Florida, and as an introduced species on the North Pacific coast. The American shad is not closely related to the other North American shads. Rather, it seems to form a lineage that diverged from a common ancestor of the European taxa before these diversified.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 2,042United States of America · 1,008