Summary ²

The American gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, is a fish of the herring family Clupeidae native to fresh and salt waters of eastern North America.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jacob Stagg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jacob Stagg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorosoma_cepedianum

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