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title: "Schlammhering"
description: "Dorosoma cepedianum — Fische. The American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), also known as the mud shad, is a member of the herring family of fish and is native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters in the United States of America, as well as portions of Canada, and Mexico."
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last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Schlammhering

> Dorosoma cepedianum — Fische. The American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), also known as the mud shad, is a member of the herring family of fish and is native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters in the United States of America, as well as portions of Canada, and Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Dorosoma cepedianum*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 5966
- Wikidata: [Q2693645](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2693645)
- iNaturalist taxon: [99544](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/99544)

## Names

- en: American Gizzard Shad
- de: Schlammhering
- es: Sardina molleja
- fr: Alose noyer
- nl: Draadvinnige elft
- pt: Sável-de-papo

## Countries with the most observations

US (4863), CA (479), MX (41)

## Summary

The American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), also known as the mud shad, is a member of the herring family of fish and is native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters in the United States of America, as well as portions of Canada, and Mexico.  The adult has a deep body, with a silvery-green coloration above fading to plain silver below. The gizzard shad commonly resides in freshwater lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams but can also reside in brackish waters, as it does on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Their range is across most of the continental United States, although they typically go no…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_gizzard_shad

## Photo

![Schlammhering](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-gizzard-shad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vicki Miller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185006084

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-gizzard-shad?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).