ALOSA

The name of a genus of Clupeoid fishes, including the alose, or shad; separated from the herring and pilchard, with which it was cla ed by Linnaeus. The shad ascends large rivers to the fresh water, where it spawns. The white-ljait used to be regarded as the young of the shad, but is now ascertained to be a distinct species of the present genus.. [s. 47]