X-Ray Images of American Shad

Photo By/Credit

Aaron Bunch/Clemson University

Date Shot/Created
06/16/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
X-ray images depicting how internal tags can shift inside a fish. Image A: An American shad x-rayed laterally and ventrally with no internal tag. Image B, C, D, E, & F: Each image shows both the lateral and ventral view of internal tag movements. Image C demonstrates an ideal tag location as seen through lateral and ventral radiography.
Ecosystem
Coastal
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Aquaculture
Aquatic connectivity
Fish hatcheries
Fish migration
Fisheries management