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The start of the spawning period is typically between mid-May and early June, and is triggered by rising water temperatures. The number of eggs per individual varies between populations, but typically it is 12,500 eggs for a two-year-old and peaks at 380,000 eggs for a four-year-old.
Traditionally, a little vinegar is sprinkled over it on the plate. In the Eastern United States, roe shads (females) are prized because the eggs are considered a delicacy. [7] The name "shad" derives from the Old English sceadd, meaning "herring"; it is a cognate to Irish, Welsh, and Scottish Gaelic words for herring. [8]
The gravid female does not fight much, but is often kept for the roe. The current world record is listed by the IGFA as 11 pounds 4 ounces (5.1 kg), set at Holyoke Dam, Massachusetts, on 19 May 1986 by Robert A. Thibodo. [1] American shad exhibit complex and little-understood feeding behavior while spawning.
The Alosidae, or the shads, [2] [3] [4] are a family of clupeiform fishes. The family currently comprises four genera worldwide, and about 32 species. [5]The shads are pelagic (open water) schooling fish, of which many are anadromous or even landlocked.
The skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris) is a North American, migratory, fresh- and brackish water fish species in the herring family Alosidae. [3] The name skipjack shad comes from the fact that it is commonly seen leaping out of the water while feeding. [4]
Alosa [2] is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Alosidae.Along with other genera in the subfamily Alosinae, they are generally known as shads. [3] [4] They are distinct from other herrings by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers.
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A female hickory shad. Hickory shad range from northern Florida to the Gulf of Maine.The largest populations occur in Chesapeake Bay and coastal North Carolina. [10] It is a schooling anadromous species that inhabits marine waters, probably never far from land.