Reeves shad (Tenualosa reevesii)

Scientific name: Tenualosa reevesii Richardson, 1846

Reeves shad (Tenualosa reevesii)

The Reeves shad (Tenualosa reevesii) is a freshwater fish of the family Clupeidae.

Biology

Schooling in coastal waters and ascending rivers to breed. Adults are found near the surface at sea while larvae and juveniles spend the first two years of their life in river tide pools and estuaries. Feed on planktonic crustaceans like cyclopoids and other copepods, and rotifers.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Tenualosa reevesii
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
61.6
Common length
40.0
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: China and possibly southward into South China Sea, but records uncertain. Eastern Indian Ocean: two specimens collected from Phuket Island, Andaman Sea. The species thus overlaps Tenualosa toli in range.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=3; tmax=8; K=0.25-0.29; Fec = 1,070,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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