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Gizzard shad

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(Zool.) an American herring (Dorosoma cepedianum) resembling the shad, but of little value.

See also: Gizzard



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On the freshwater front, burgeoning thread fin and gizzard shad populations will have the bass going crazy in the Lake Osborne Chain from Lake Worth south while higher levels on Lake Okeechobee promise continued world-class action out on the "Big O.
13]C signatures for gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), and alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), show a 10[per thousand] range among fishes, clearly reflecting isotopically distinct dietary sources.
In the early 1990s, gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) hitched a ride in a stocking of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) fingerlings from Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery in Texas across the Continental Divide to Morgan Lake on the Navajo Reservation in northwest New Mexico.
 
 
 
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