Dorosoma

Dorosoma
Dorosoma
Dorosoma cepedianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Subfamily: Dorosomatinae
Genus: Dorosoma
Rafinesque, 1820
Species

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Dorosoma is a genus of gizzard shads, fish of the herring family Clupeidae. The five species are native to the New World, and are known from both freshwater and the waters of estuaries and bays.

Species

  • Dorosoma anale Meek, 1904 (Mexican river gizzard shad)
  • Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) (American gizzard shad)
  • Dorosoma chavesi Meek, 1907 (Nicaragua gizzard shad)
  • Dorosoma petenense (Günther, 1867) (Threadfin shad)
  • Dorosoma smithi Carl Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1941 (Pacific gizzard shad)

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