Skipjack shad - Wikipedia
The skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris) is a North American, migratory, fresh- and brackish water fish species in the herring family Alosidae. [3] The name skipjack shad comes from the fact that it is commonly seen leaping out of the water while feeding. [4] Other common names include blue herring, golden shad, river shad, Tennessee tarpon ...
Skipjack shad - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris) is a North American, migratory, fresh- and brackish water fish species in the herring family Clupeidae. The name skipjack shad comes from the fact that it is commonly seen leaping out of the water while feeding.
skipjack herring - Illinois Department of Natural Resources
This species is also known as the skipjack shad. It has no lateral line and no scales on the head. The scales in the middle of its belly are jagged. The body is compressed side-to-side. The coloration is blue or green above and silvery on the sides and belly. The adult may grow to about 21 inches in length.
Skipjack Herring - Missouri Department of Conservation
The Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) is uncommon in Missouri but is most similar to the skipjack herring. It has the lower jaw equal to or projecting only slightly beyond the tip of the snout; its lower jaw has dark speckles along much of its length (not just near the tip); the teeth on the tongue are in a single row down the middle; and the gill ...
Skipjack Herring (Alosa chrysochloris) - Species Profile
Common name: Skipjack Herring. Synonyms and Other Names: Blue Herring, Green Herring, Golden Shad, River Herring, Skipjack Shad. Taxonomy: available through. Identification: Oblong body is a golden-green, silvery color and back is gray to dark blue with dark streaks. A dull, dark spot is present behind the head.
ADW: Alosa chrysochloris: INFORMATION
Skipjack herring, or skipjack shad (Alosa chrysochloris), range from the Red River drainage (Hudson Bay basin) and Mississippi River basin from central Minnesota, south to the Gulf of Mexico. Skipjack herring also range widely throughout the eastern United States and can be found from Florida to Texas.
Species: Alosa chrysochloris, Skipjack Herring, Skipjack Shad
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Skipjack Herring - Outdoor Alabama
Skipjack herring are not as deep-bodied as Alabama shad; their maximum body depth at the dorsal fin origin goes 4.6 or more times into the total length (fewer than 4.5 times on Alabama shad). When viewed from the side, the skipjack’s lower jaw, the edge of which is completely pigmented, protrudes considerably in front of its upper jaw.
Learn About the Skipjack Shad – Fishing - Guidesly
A member of the herring family (Clupeidae), the Skipjack Shad is known for leaping out of the water to feed; thus, its name. It is also known as Tennessee tarpon, golden shad, blue herring, McKinley shad, and river shad. Skipjack Shads have a …
Alosa chrysochloris, Skipjack shad : fisheries, gamefish - FishBase
Feed on small fishes, the juveniles on insects. Spawning times and places not certain. Adults serve as hosts to the larvae (glochidia) of the economically valuable pearly mussel (Fusconaia ebena) of the Mississippi basin (Ref. 188).