The Alosinae, or the shads,
[Alosinae]
ITIS are a
subfamily of fishes in the
herring
Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae.
Herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Ocea ...
family
Clupeidae. The subfamily comprises seven genera worldwide, and about 30 species.
Distribution of shad species
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*Shad Planking, a Virginia political gathering featuring the consumption of American shad