Skipjack Herring

Alosa chrysochloris

About This Fish

The Skipjack Herring is found along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida, as well as north in the Mississippi River Basin to Minnesota. This migratory species is found in medium and large rivers and is occasionally found in marine waters, but is in decline due to the construction of dams. This fish is a host for several species of mussels, meaning that larval mussels must attach to the fish to transform into a juvenile mussel. The decline of these species of mussels may be due to the decline of Skipjack Herrings.

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Alosa

Georgia (GA), Alabama (AL), Tennessee (TN), Mississippi (MS), Kentucky (KY)

Lower Coosa – 03150107, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Upper Alabama – 03150201, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Noxubee – 03160108, Locust – 03160111, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204, Mobile Bay – 03160205, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, Obey – 05130105, Caney – 05130108, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Lower Cumberland-Sycamore – 05130202, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Holston – 06010104, Lower French Board – 06010107, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Kentucky Lake – 06040005, Lower Tennessee – 06040006

Skipjack Herring

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