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Historic and present day distribution of allis shad

Distribution in Europe

Dotted line: Distribution of allis shad at the end of the 19^th century

White line: Current distribution

Yellow line: Last large allis shad population of Europe in the rivers Garonne and Dordogne, the donor population for the Rhine

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Distribution in the Rhine System

Yellow line: Distribution of allis shad in the middle of the 19^th century

Hundreds of thousands of allis shad migrated several hundred kilometers upstream into the upper Rhine. They also migrated into large tributaries (e.g. Mosel, Main, Neckar).

Already at the beginning of the 20^th century the population collapsed and today only single shads are registered in the Rhine system.

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