Alosa sapidissima, common American shad - shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast

fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"

food fish - any fish used for food by human beings

clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

Alosa, genus Alosa - shad

Alosa sapidissima, common American shad - shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast

Alosa chrysocloris, river shad - shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima

allice, allice shad, allis, allis shad, Alosa alosa - European shad