3o8 Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 



Negative Reference: 



Clupea sapidissima Jordan and Gilbert (not of Wilson), Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., J, 1882: 247 (proportions and 

 counts, showing specimens were A.alabamae, not recognized until 1896; Pensacola, Florida). 



Alosa alabamae Jordan and Evermann 1896 



Alabama Shad, Gulf Shad, Ohio Shad 



Figures 70, 75 



Study Material. A total of 23 specimens, 175-505 mm TL, 145-395 mm SL, 

 from the Choctawhatchee River, Pensacola, Florida (including two cotypes of A. ala- 



FiGURE 75. Alosa alabamae, 380 mm TL, 15 inches. Black Warrior River, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, tj'pe, USNM 

 47689. Drawn by A. H. Baldwin. 



bamae)\ tributary of the Flint River, Georgia; Black Warrior River, Tuscaloosa, Ala- 

 bama (male and female types); Coosa River, and the Alabama River, tributary of the 

 Tombigbee River, Alabama; Washita River, near Hot Springs, Arkansas; Ohio River 

 at the falls, Louisville, Kentucky (including type and several cotypes of A. ohiensis) ; 

 and Falrport, Iowa. 



Distinctive Characters. See Key to Species, p. 294, and pp. 304, 309, 310. 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of standard length, and counts, 

 based on the 23 study specimens, 145-395 mm SL. 



Body: depth 25.5-36. 

 Caudal peduncle: depth 8.0—9.0. 

 Head: length 23.5-26.5. 

 Snout: length 5.5—6.9. 

 Eye: diameter 4.2—6.5. 

 Interorbital: width 4.5-6.0. 



Maxillary: length 11 — 13.5. 

 Pelvic fin: length 10— 11. 5. 

 Pectoral fin: length 15.3— 17.5- 



Scales: ca. 55—60, often lost in preserved 

 specimens. 



