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Brandi Noble, NOAA NMFS Mississippi Laboratory, license: CC BY 3.0, source: FishBase
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Clupeiformes
Family:
Alosidae
Genus:
Alosa
Species:
mediocris
Common:
Hickory shad
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
North America - Inland Waters
Fish, M. P. 1954. The Character and Significance of Sound Production among Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 14(3): 1-109.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Fish, M. P., Mowbray, W. H. 1970. Sounds of Western North Atlantic Fishes, A Reference File of Biological Underwater Sounds. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.
Fish, M. P., Kelsey, A. S. J., Mowbray, W. H. 1952. Studies on the Production of Underwater Sound by North Atlantic Coastal Fishes. Journal of Marine Research, 11(2): 180-193.