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Index of Subjects Ken McKenna wrote: . . . . > Not sure whether the names have changed since I took my fish biology 30+ > years ago, but Gaspereau- Alosa pseudoharengus. Note Shad is Alosa > sapidissima and Atlantic herring is Clupea harengus harengus. All are > in the herring family-ClUPEIdae. I never noticed till now that my > undergrad university is in that name. > > American smelt is Osmerus mordax. This is somewhat more related to the > trout-salmon as they are in the same suborder. When we were kids in PEI > we used to be able to spring dip-net smelts out of small tributaries of > the Pisquid River. They are delicious and one of my favoutite fish. . . . . Ken, Thanks for responding. Names have not changed according to http://www.gov.ns.ca/fish/sportfishing/species/ale.shtml and http://www.gov.ns.ca/fish/sportfishing/species/smel.shtml I guess I should have done some searching instead of asking the question. Gerald
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