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Skipjack Shad

Alosa chrysochloris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 39, February 42, March 44, April 78, May 55, June 36, July 30, August 28, September 38, October 40, November 32, December 33.
United States3,299
Alabama494
Georgia412
Louisiana384
Texas255
Kentucky241
Mississippi216
Ohio199
Virginia128
Illinois92

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderHerrings · Clupeiformes
FamilyShads and Sardines · Alosidae
GenusAnadromous Shads · Alosa

Sources

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