Hickory shad (Alosa mediocris)
General data
- Main name: Hickory shad
- Local names: Shad fall herring, Herring
- Climates: Temperate
- Habitat: Anadromous
- Native: North America
- Distribution: Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Delaware Bay, Delaware River, Pee Dee river, Roanoke River, View all... Atlantic Ocean, Rappahannock River, James river (Virginia), Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River
Classification
- Genus: Alosa - River Herrings
- Family: Alosidae - Shads
- Order: Clupeiformes - Herrings
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes