10 AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 



common name occurrence scientific name 



Order Semionotiformes (Protospondyli and Ginglymodi) 

 Lepisosteidae — gars 



Spotted gar F Lepisosteus oculatus (Winchell) 



Longnose gar F Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus) 



Shortnose gar F Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque 



Florida gar F Lepisosteus platyrhincus DeKay 



Alligator gar F Lepisosteus spatula Lac^pede 



Order Amiiformes (Halecomorphi) 



Amiidae — bowfins 



Bowfm F Amia calva Linnaeus 



Order Cltjpeiformes (Isospondyli) 



Elopidae — tarpons 



Machete P-F Flops affinis Regan 



Ladyfish A Elops saurus Linnaeus 



Tarpon A Megalops atlantica Valenciennes 



Albulidae — bonefishes 

 Bonefish A-P Alhula vulpes (Linnaeus) 



Clupeidae — herrings 



Blueback herring A-F Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill) 



Alabama shad A-F Alosa alabamae Jordan and Evermann 



Skipjack herring A-F Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque) 



Hickory shad A Alosa mediocris (Mitchill) 



Ohio shad F Alosa ohiensis Evermann 



Alewife A-F Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson) 



American shad A-F-P Alosa sapidissima (Wilson) 



Fmescale menhaden A Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand 



Largescale menhaden A Brevoortia patronus Goode 



Yellowfin shad A Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand 



Atlantic menhaden A Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe) 



Atlantic herring A Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus 



Pacific herring P Clupea harengus pallasi Valenciennes 



Gizzard shad A-F Dorosoma cepedianum (LeSueur) 



Threadfin shad A-F Dorosoma petenense (Giinther) 



California round herring P Etrumeus acuminatus Gilbert 



Atlantic round herring A Etrumeus sadina (Mitchill) 



False pilchard A Harengula clupeola Valenciennes 



Redear sardine A Harengula humeralis Cuvier 



Scaled sardine A Harengula pensacolae Goode and Bean 



Flatiron herring P Harengula thrissina (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Dwarf herring A Jenkinsia lamprotaenia (Gosse) 



Pacific thread herring P Opisthonema libertate (Giinther) 



Atlantic thread herring A Opisthonema oglinum (LeSueur) 



Spanish sardine A Sardinella anchovia Valenciennes 



Pacific sardine P Sardinops sagax (Jenyns) 



