American gizzard shad

Not to be confused with Konoshiro gizzard shad.

American gizzard shad
American gizzard shad in the clutches of an osprey.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Dorosoma
Species:
D. cepedianum
Binomial name
Dorosoma cepedianum
(Lesueur, 1818)
Range within the continental United States

The American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), also known as the mud shad, is a member of the herring family of fish and is native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters in the United States of America,[2] as well as portions of Quebec, Canada, and Mexico.[3] The adult has a deep body, with a silvery-green coloration above fading to plain silver below.[4] The gizzard shad commonly resides in freshwater lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams but can also reside in brackish waters, as it does on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Their range is across most of the continental United States, although they typically go no further north than New York and no further west than New Mexico.[2] They are a large part of many of the ecosystems they inhabit and can drive changes in phyto- and zooplankton, thereby indirectly affecting other planktivorous fishes.[5] The gizzard shad has been widely used as a food source for game fish, with varied success in management and effectiveness.

  1. ^ NatureServe; Daniels, A. (2019). "Dorosoma cepedianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191210A102894923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191210A102894923.en. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Wuellner, Melissa R.; Graeb, Brian D.S.; Ward, Matthew J.; Willis, David W. (2008). "Review of Gizzard Shad Population Dynamics at the Northwestern Edge of Its Range" (PDF). American Fisheries Society Symposium. 62: 637–653. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. ^ P. Fuller; M.E. Neilson; K. Hopper (30 August 2023) [Peer reviewed on 12 April 2013]. "Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)". Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ^ Miller, Robert Rush (1957). "Origin and Dispersal of the Alewife, Alosa Pseudoharengus, and the Gizzard Shad, Dorosoma Cepedianum, in the Great Lakes" (PDF). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 86 (1): 97–111. doi:10.1577/1548-8659(1956)86[97:OADOTA]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2027.42/141231. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  5. ^ Shepherd, William C.; Mills, Edward L. (1996). "Diel Feeding, Daily Food Intake, and Daphnia Consumption by Age-0 Gizzard Shad in Oneida Lake, New York". Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 125 (3): 411–421. doi:10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0411:DFDFIA>2.3.CO;2.