Alosa chrysochloris és una espècie de peix de la família dels clupèids i de l'ordre dels clupeïformes. És present a l'Atlàntic occidental central: Golf de Mèxic, des de Corpus Christi (Texas) a Texas fins a Pensacola (Florida). També és present als rius Mississipi i Ohio. Els mascles poden assolir 50 cm de llargària total i 1.700 g de pes.International Game Fish Association 1991. World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, Estats Units .Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei ). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 1 - Chirocentridae , Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae . FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Els adults mengen peixets i els immadurs insectes. Pot viure fins als 4 anys.Hugg, D.O. 1996. MAPFISH georeferenced mapping database. Freshwater and estuarine fishes of North America. Life Science Software. Dennis O. and Steven Hugg, 1278 Turkey Point Road, Edgewater, Maryland, Estats Units .
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