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9 Cards in this Set
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Anadromous
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1. Spend most of life at sea and come into tributaries to spawn then return
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Catadromous
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1. Spend most of like is fresh water and migrate to the ocean to spawn
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Semi-Anadromous
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1. Some leave sea to spawn, but others don't
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Shad and Herring
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1. In trouble due to polution, overfishing, and building of dams
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American Shad
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1. Anadromous, can be up to 30 inches
2. Very silvery, big scales, soft flest, many shad have scales sticking out on stomach 3. Delicacy, commercially important |
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Hickory Shad
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1. Not commercially important
2. Very similar to American |
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Alenifie
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1. Very important forage fish
2. Good sources of nutrition for active predators |
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Gizzard Shad
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1. Not anadromous, generally stays in fresh water
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Menhaden
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1. Important forage fish, oily
2. Not anadromous, spends most of life in estuaries 3. Very economically important, caught and ground up for fertilizer, chicken food, and paints |
