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Gizzard shad

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

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ABSTRACT: Thirty-two species of fishes are known from the Newport Chemical Depot, Vermillion County, Indiana (including its Little Raccoon Creek easement): the American brook lamprey (Petromyzontidae), gizzard shad (Clupeidae), 13 species of minnows (Cyprinidae), five species of suckers (Catostomidae), two species of catfishes (Ictaluridae), five species of darters (Percidae), 3 species of sunfish and the largemouth bass (Centrarchidae), and mottled sculpin (Cottidae).
FISHES OF THE NEWPORT CHEMICAL DEPOT, VERMILLION COUNTY, INDIANA by Vincent, Elizabeth Amma / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
peers into the shallow waterway looking for gizzard shad.
NEWS LITE : DIRECTOR BRINGS MONK INTO FRAY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Common name Species name 1909 1996 Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum * Grass pickerel Esox americanus * Northern pike Esox lucius * * Redhorse Moxostoma sp.
Past, present and potential of fish assemblages in the Grand Calumet ... by Moy, Philip B. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
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