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Alosa sapidissima  (Wilson, 1811)

American shad
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Classification / Names

Actinoptérygiens (poissons à nageoires rayonnées) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens) > Alosinae
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Taille / Poids / Âge

Max length : 76.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6885); 61.7 cm SL (female); common length : 50.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 188); poids max. publié: 5.5 kg (Ref. 7251); âge max. reporté: 13 années (Ref. 72462)

Length at first maturity
Lm ?, range 38 - 48.5 cm

Environnement

; marin; eau douce; saumâtre; anadrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 0 - 250 m (Ref. 6793)

Climat / Gamme

Temperate, preferred 10°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 22°N, 115°E - 59°W (Ref. 188)

Distribution

North America: Newfoundland (Ref. 1998), the St. Lawrence River, and Nova Scotia southward to central Florida. Due to introductions into the Sacramento and Columbia Rivers, this species is now found from Cook Inlet, Alaska (Ref. 1998) to Baja California in Mexico and the Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Description synthétique

Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 15-19; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 18 - 24; Vertèbres: 51 - 60. Moderately compressed, belly with a distinct keel. Lower jaw not rising steeply within mouth. Gill rakers long and slender (fewer in young). Silvery in color with blue or blue-green metallic luster on back (Ref. 1998). A dark spot on shoulder, sometimes followed by several more, or even a second row. Resembles A. pseudoharengus with lower jaw rising steeply within mouth, eyes larger, and fewer lower gill rakers, as also A. aestivalis and A. mediocris (Ref. 188). Silvery, with a green or bluish back (Ref. 7251). Branchiostegal rays 7 (Ref. 4639).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Spend most of its life at sea, returning to freshwater streams to breed (Ref. 27547). Non-spawning adults are found in schools near the surface of continental shelf waters in spring, summer and fall (Ref. 7135); also found in brackish waters (Ref. 4607). Newly hatched larvae are found in rivers during the summer; by autumn they enter the sea and remain there until maturity. Juveniles form schools at 20-30 mm TL and gradually move downstream (Ref. 4639). Feed on plankton, mainly copepods and mysids, occasionally on small fishes. Feeding ceases during upstream spawning migration and resumes during the downstream post-spawning migration (Ref. 1998). Commercially caught in rivers and estuaries during spawning migration (Ref. 1998). Utilized fresh, salted, or smoked. The roe is esteemed. Eaten pan-fried, broiled, and baked (Ref. 9988). Possibly to 375 m depth (Ref. 6793). Parasites found are nematodes, Acanthocephala, copepods and distomes (Ref. 37032).

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 115185)

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless



Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278)
3.5   ±0.3 se; Based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 69278)
Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (K=0.14; tm=4.7)

Vulnérabilité (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100)
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766)
Low