gizzard shad

Noun

Meaning

Any of several species of shad-like fish of Indo-Pacific waters, principally in subfamily Dorosomatinae of the herring family Clupeidae.
Gonialosa manmina (Ganges gizzard shad)

Nematalosa come (Western Pacific gizzard shad)

Nematalosa galatheae (Galathea gizzard shad)

Anodontostoma chacunda (Chacunda gizzard shad)

Anodontostoma thailandiae (Thai gizzard shad)

Clupanodon thrissa (Chinese gizzard shad)

Konosirus punctatus (Konoshiro gizzard shad )

Dorosoma anale (Mexician river gizzard shad)

Dorosoma cepedianum (American gizzard shad)

Nematalosa nasus (Bloch's gizzard shad)

Nematalosa vlaminghi (Western Australian gizzard shad)

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Eagles living in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland were found to subsist largely on American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), threadfin shad (D. Source: Internet

The lake is also home to a robust population of "sawbellies", the local term for gizzard shad. Source: Internet

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