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title: "Threadfin Shad"
description: "Dorosoma petenense — Pesci. The threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) is a small pelagic freshwater forage fish common in lakes, large streams and reservoirs of the Southeastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/threadfin-shad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Threadfin Shad

> Dorosoma petenense — Pesci. The threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) is a small pelagic freshwater forage fish common in lakes, large streams and reservoirs of the Southeastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Dorosoma petenense*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1503
- Wikidata: [Q1955599](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1955599)
- iNaturalist taxon: [99545](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/99545)

## Names

- en: Threadfin Shad
- de: Fadenflossenhering
- es: Sardina maya

## Countries with the most observations

US (1088), MX (31)

## Summary

The threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) is a small pelagic freshwater forage fish common in lakes, large streams and reservoirs of the Southeastern United States. Like the American gizzard shad, the threadfin shad has an elongated dorsal fin, but unlike the gizzard shad, its mouth is more terminal without a projecting upper jaw.  The fins of threadfin shad often have a yellowish color, especially the caudal fin. The back is grey to blue with a dark spot on the shoulder. D. petenense is more often found in moving water, and is rarely found deep in the water column. It occurs in large schools, sometimes with gizzard…

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

## Photo

![Threadfin Shad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/threadfin-shad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Wyatt Rorex · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/397307593

## Machine access

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