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Environment & Energy

KS Toronado

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2. Appears to be a herring

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:32 AM

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Alewife, (Pomolobus, or Alosa, pseudoharengus), important North American food fish of the herring family,
Clupeidae. Deeper-bodied than the true herring, the alewife has a pronounced saw-edge on the underside;

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