American Gizzard Shad
Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Clupeiformes |
| Family | Dorosomatidae |
| Genus | Dorosoma |
| Species | Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Morgan
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2019.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Quebec
- S3 Vulnerable
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- ND
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Florida
- S5 Secure
- Colorado
- SNA Not Applicable
- NE
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Utah
- SNA Not Applicable
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- NN
- SNA Not Applicable
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- SNA Not Applicable
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New York
- S3 Vulnerable
- NJ
- S4 Apparently Secure
- RI
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- SNA Not Applicable
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- DE
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
- Pearson, W.D. & Boston, C.H., Jr. 1995. Distribution and status of the northern cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program,, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 99 pp.
How to cite this account
Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2404. https://cavebiology.org/species/dorosoma-cepedianum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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