Tenualosa reevesii

Tenualosa reevesii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Dorosomatidae
Genus:	Tenualosa
Species:	T. reevesii
Binomial name
Tenualosa reevesii John Richardson, 1846
Synonyms[1]
Alosa reevesii Richardson, 1846 Hilsa reevesii (Richardson, 1846) Macrura reevesii (Richardson, 1846) Macrura reevesi (Richardson, 1846) Tenualosa reevesi (Richardson, 1846)

Tenualosa reevesii, also known as Reeves shad, is a species of fish belonging to the family Dorosomatidae.[2][3][4][5][6]

Description

Tenualosa reevesii was first described by John Richardson in 1846. Tenualosa reevesii belongs to the genus Tenualosa. It can attain a maximum length of 61.6 cm (24.3 in) and a maximum weight of 5 kg (11 lb) and lives up to 8 years.

Distribution and biology

It is an euryhaline schooling fish, meaning it can survive freshwater, brackish and marine conditions and is pelagic-neritic, also is migratory and is anadromous and lives in tropical climate(31°N-5°N, 95°E-123°E) being found in waters off the coast of china up to the island of Phuket in the Andaman sea that lives between 0–50 m depth.[2]

Reproduction

Mature adult Tenualosa reevesii ascend back to rivers to breed.

References

1. [1] at www.fishbase.org.
2. "Tenualosa reevesii summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
3. "Tenualosa reevesii (Richardson, 1846)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
4. "ADW: Tenualosa reevesii: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
5. "Common Names List - Tenualosa reevesii". fishbase.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
6. "Tenualosa reevesii".