Alosa served as the focal point of John McPhee's book "The Founding Fish". The roe, or more properly the entire engorged uterus of the American shad—filled with ripening eggs, sautéed in clarified butter and garnished with parsley and a slice of lemon—is considered a great delicacy, and commands high prices when available. Alosa Alosa is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Clupeidae. Along with other genera in the subfamily Alosinae, they are generally known as shads. They are distinct from other herrings by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers. Several species can be found on
Boesemania Boesemania Boesemania is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Sciaenidae. This genus contains the single species Boesemania microlepis. Also known as the boeseman croaker and smallscale croaker, this fish lives in southeast Asian rivers. This is a relatively large species. It can reach in length and in weight. "Boesemania microlepis" lives in Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia (Borneo and Sumatra), Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. It is found in several rivers such as the Mekong, Chao Phraya River, Mae Klong, Nan River, Tha Chin River, and Bang Pakong River. This species appears to be sedentary. It prefers large, flowing rivers. During