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Skipjack Shad

Alosa chrysochloris

Also known as: Blue Herring, Golden Shad, Green Herring, River Herring, Skipjack Herring

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
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Adult
@IanAylor · El Lago, United States · May 20171 / 2
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Overview

Found in coastal waters, as well as brackish, and fast flowing, freshwater rivers, often seen leaping in rivers.
Juveniles feed on insects.

Herrings are the largest of the schooling baitfish and are one of the most important fish in the food chain!

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How to identify

COLOURS
Behaviour
leaps from water

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Atlantic
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Found in coastal waters, as well as brackish, and fast flowing, freshwater rivers, often seen leaping in rivers.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderClupeiformes
    5. familyAlosidae
    6. genusAlosa
    7. speciesAlosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque, 1820)

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