Threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense)
Image source: Robert Dobbs | inaturalist.org
General data
- Main name: Threadfin shad
- Climates: Subtropical
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: North America
- Distribution: Rio Grande, Aucilla River, Suwannee River, Ochlockonee River, Pascagoula River, Pearl river (Gulf of Mexico), View all... Neches River, Sabine River, Papaloapan River, Choctawhatchee River, Brazos River, Trinity River (Texas), Caloosahatchee River, Apalachicola River, Colorado River (Texas), Mobile River, Mississippi River, Atchafalaya River, Guadalupe River (Texas)
Classification
- Genus: Dorosoma - Gizzard shad
- Family: Dorosomatidae - Dorosomatidae
- Order: Clupeiformes - Herrings
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes