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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Herrings
  6. Shads and Sardines
  7. Anadromous Shads

genus

Anadromous Shads

Alosa

Includes
5 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Alewife native
  • American Shad native
  • Hickory Shad native
  • Skipjack Shad native
  • Blueback Shad native
  • Alabama Shad native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native anadromous shads All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus 2,159 observations
  • American Shad Alosa sapidissima 675 observations
  • Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris 376 observations
  • Skipjack Shad Alosa chrysochloris 272 observations
  • Blueback Shad Alosa aestivalis 162 observations
  • Alabama Shad Alosa alabamae 12 observations

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