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Species Name:    Alosa sapidissima
Common Name:          (American Shad)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Clupeiformes Clupeidae Alosa


The American Shad, Alosa sapidissima.  
Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  
Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife 
Conservation Commission, Division of 
Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Alosa sapidissima (Wilson in Rees, 1811)

Common Name:
American Shad