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Blueback herring
Alosa aestivalis
- Freshwater & Saltwater
- Vulnerable
- Max length
- 40 cm
Classification
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Alosidae
- Genus
- Alosa
Distribution
- Atlantic, Northwest
- Atlantic, Western Central
- North America - Inland waters
About the blueback herring
The blueback herring, blueback shad, or summer shad is an anadromous species of herring from the east coast of North America, with a range from Nova Scotia to Florida. Blueback herring form schools and are believed to migrate offshore to overwinter near the bottom.
Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.
Where the blueback herring lives
Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).
Also known as
- Aloza niebieska
- Blå staksill
- Sinisilli
- Kékhátú alóza
- Alose d’été
- Синеспинка
- الرنجة الزرقاء
- شاهماهی پشتآبی
- Синогрбна харинга
- 藍背西鯡
Where to catch blueback herring
- Arkansas River at Salida United States River · Colorado
- Cape Cod Bay United States Bay · Massachusetts
- Cape Fear River United States River · North Carolina
- Chesapeake Bay United States Estuary · Maryland and Virginia
- Delaware Bay United States Bay · Delaware-New Jersey
- Florida Bay (Everglades) United States Bay · Florida
