Title: Freshwater
Species #: 75
Common Name: Threadfin Shad Scientific Name: Dorosoma Petenense Class: Actinopterygii Family: Clupeidae
Order: Clupeiformes Genus: Dorosoma
Species: D. petenense
Geography / Habitat: Life Strategy: Threadfin shad spawn on the surface shortly after dawn along a weedy shoreline or in open water around rafts of driftwood and debris. Food / Feed Strategy: Plankton is the food source for threadfin shad. They run in schools of similar size fish and you often see them feeding on plankton right on the surface late in the day when photosensitive plankton rises to the top as the sun sets.
Common Name: Threadfin Shad Scientific Name: Dorosoma Petenese Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Terminal