Specimen Information

Alosa sapidissima
Alosa sapidissima
(American Shad)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1401815
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciessapidissima
Common NameAmerican Shad
StateNC
LocalityUpper Broad drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeHUC8
HUC8 NameUpper Broad
HUC8 Number03050105
Map
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Collection Year1980
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaystocked
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:275
Author:Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr.
Date:1980
Title:Atlas of North American freshwater fishes.
Publisher:North Carolina State Museum of Natural History
Issue:12
Pages:854 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:162
Author:Menhinick, E.F.
Date:1991
Title:The freshwater fishes of North Carolina
Publisher:North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Pages:227 pp
Reference 3
Ref. Number:18855
Author:Rohde, F.C., R.G. Arndt, J.W. Foltz, and J.M. Quattro
Date:2009
Title:Freshwater fishes of South Carolina
Publisher:University of South Carolina Press
Pages:430 pp
CommentsMenhinick 1991 and Rohde 2009 do not show the species this far inland.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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