American Shad: Alosa sapidissima
Appearance:
Color of back green or greenish blue with silvery sides, white underneath (colors darken when fish enters fresh water to spawn) ...
American shad feed on plankton—mainly copepods, amphipods, shrimp, and mysids—and occasionally on small fishes. Feeding ceases during upstream spawning migration and resumes post-spawning during the downstream migration.
American Shad (Alosa sapidissima)
Distribution
American shad are anadromous fish (moving from the sea to spawn in freshwater) found along the Atlantic coast of North America from Newfoundland to Florida.
Best known of these is the American shad, Alosa sapidissima. Another common anadromous herring is the alewife, A.
Other, but closely allied species, occur on the Atlantic coasts of North America, all surpassing the European species in importance as food-fishes and economic value, viz., the American shad (Clupea sapidissima), the gaspereau or ale-wife (C.
 See also: Herring, Shad, Gizzard Shad, Sturgeon, Freshwater eel
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