Freshwater

Freshwater fish spend part or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%.

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Alosa pseudoharengus

A small silvery gray with a greenish or bluish tint to its back, the alewife usually …

Clupea pallasi suworowi

The abdominal keel scales of the Chosa herring are developed only behind the base of the …

Clupea

Body compressed from the sides, with jagged edge of abdomen. Scales moderate or large, rarely small. …

Clupea harengus

The body is not high (its height is about 1/5 of body length). Head is comparatively …

Alosa alabamae

It has a large terminal mouth with upper and lower jaws of almost equal length. The …

Alosa sapidissima

The laterally compressed, rather deep body of the American shad is silvery white, with some amount …

Dorosoma cepedianum

The gizzard shad is one of two freshwater members of the herring family that has a …

Alosa mediocris

Gray-green on the back and transitioning to silver on the sides, the hickory shad has transparent …

Dorosoma petenense

The threadfin shad has a silvery color and a deeply compressed body, most easily recognized by …