FOREST, LAKE, AND RIVER 



hickory shad [Dorosoma cepedianum, the specific 

 name from that of Lacepede, a celebrated French 

 ichthyologist). Its body is deep and flat, and in the 

 adult fish much elevated, and the filament of one 

 of the rays on the fin on the back is quite con- 

 spicuous, being usually about as long as the head 

 of the fish. The coloration is bluish above, with 

 silver predominating below, the tail being widely 

 forked. The young may be known at once by 

 the presence of a round dark spot on the shoulder. 

 The gizzard shad is a handsome fish, but of little 

 value as food. 



