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Marine Species: Alosa sapidissima
(Wilson, 1811)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Alosa |
| Species: | Alosa sapidissima |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | American shad |
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| Description: | Silver fish with green or bluish dorsum. It has a black dot behind the opercular opening, usually with one or two series of smaller dots behind it. It feeds on plankton, mainly copepods and mysids, and occasionally on small fish. |
| Habitat: | Neritic pelagic, at depths between 0 and 250 meters. |
| Color: | Silver fish with green or bluish dorsum. |
| Dimensions: | Up to 76 centimeters in lenght. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Northwest Atlantic |
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