Specimen Information

Alosa sapidissima
Alosa sapidissima
(American Shad)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID39440
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciessapidissima
Common NameAmerican Shad
StateNY
LocalityLake Ontario
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameLake Ontario
HUC8 Number04280002
Map
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Collection Year1931
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for food
Statusextirpated
Reference 1
Ref. Number:98
Author:Smith, C.L.
Date:1985
Title:The inland fishes of New York State.
Publisher:New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Pages:522 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:134
Author:Miller, R.R.
Date:1957
Title:Origin and dispersal of the alewife Alosa pseudoharengus, and the gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, in the Great Lakes.
Journal:Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume:86
Issue:1956
Pages:97-111
Reference 3
Ref. Number:135
Author:Radforth, I.
Date:1944
Title:Some considerations on the distribution of fishes in Ontario.
Journal:Contributions to the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology
Volume:25
Pages:1-116
CommentsLast report from Lake Ontario but still occurs in the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers and stragglers may occasionally reach the lake.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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