Tenualosa reevesii


Tenualosa reevesii, also known as Reeves shad, is a species of fish belonging to the family Dorosomatidae.

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 and a maximum weight of 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 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.

Reproduction

Mature adult Tenualosa reevesii ascend back to rivers to breed.