Country Species Summary

Alosa alabamae in USA (contiguous states)
Alabama shad

Alosa alabamae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Family:	Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)	picture (Alala_u0.jpg) by The Native Fish Conservancy
Order:	Clupeiformes (herrings)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Alabama shad
Max. size:	51.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 188); max. reported age: 4 years
Environment:	pelagic-neritic; anadromous
Climate:	subtropical; 44°N - 24°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=4)
Distribution:	Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (northern part, from the Mississippi delta eastward to the Choctawhatchee River in Florida; also in rivers from Iowa to Arkansas and across to West Virginia). Status of threat from Ref. 11858.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. Body moderately compressed, belly with distinct keel of scutes. Lower jaw steeply rising within mouth; no teeth present at front of jaws; upper jaw with a distinct notch. The only other shad of the Gulf of Mexico has only 20 to 24 gill rakers. Closely resembles A. aestivalis and A. pseudoharengus of Atlantic coasts, but in them the lower jaw rises very steeply in the mouth (Ref. 188).
Biology:	Forms schools. Ascends rivers and streams to spawn in spring or early summer, the young presumably descending in autumn. Marketed mostly fresh
Threatened:	Endangered, see IUCN Red List (B1+2e) , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Whitehead, P.J.P.. 1985. (Ref. 188)
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USA (contiguous states) country information
Common names:	Alabama shad, Gulf shad, Ohio shad, Shad	Ref: Randolph, S. and M. Snyder, 1993
Status:	native	Ref: Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P> Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren, Jr., 2008
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Recorded from the eastern Gulf Coastal drainages from Suwannee River, Florida to Mississippi River (Ref. 10294). Also Ref. 188. Status of threat: threatened. Criteria: 1,2 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
States/Provinces:	Arkansas (native) Florida (native) Iowa (native) Louisiana (native) Mississippi (native) Missouri (native) Tennessee (native) West Virginia (native)
States/Provinces Complete?:	No
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority:	www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Etnier, D.A. and W.C. Starnes, 1993
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