Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)    Synonyms: American Gizzard Shad.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Actinopterygii   >   Order Clupeiformes   >   Family Clupeidae   >   Genus Dorosoma   

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A Gizzard Shad working its way up the Foreman Branch fish ladder during the Chino Farms BioBlitz (4/27/2013). A new record for Chino Farms and Queen Anne's Co. in Maryland Biodiversity Project. Photo by Jon Corcoran. (MBP list)

One of the hundreds of Gizzard Shad working their way up the Foreman Branch fish ladder during the Chino Farms BioBlitz (4/27/2013). Photo by Jon Corcoran. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad at Fort Smallwood Park, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/21/2013). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

Gizzard Shad in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) sercfisheries, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad caught in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/09/2011). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2019). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad falls prey to a Double-crested Cormorant in Harford Co., Maryland (11/16/2018). Photo by Scott Miller. (MBP list)

Gizzard Shad in Harford Co., Maryland (4/21/2018). (c) johnsfolly2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by johnsfolly2 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Gizzard Shad in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/7/2022). (c) Benji Beluga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad caught in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (5/18/2016). Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)

A juvenile Gizzard Shad in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/24/2019). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

Gizzard Shad in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/5/2023). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad that was dropped by an Osprey in Harford Co., Maryland (4/18/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad falls prey to a Bald Eagle at Conowingo Dam, Harford Co., Maryland (11/13/2013). Photo by Benjamin DeHaven. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad falls prey to a Great Blue Heron in Dorchester Co., Maryland (2/16/2014). Photo by Holly Bowen. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad dropped by a Bald Eagle in Calvert Co., Maryland (12/29/2015). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

A Gizzard Shad being eaten by an adult Double-crested Cormorant in Howard Co., Maryland (4/2/2013). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)


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