''Tenualosa'' is a genus of

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belonging to the

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, which also includes the gizzard shads and sardinellas. These fishes are found in rivers, brackish waters and coasts in the

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region.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''

Tenualosa ilisha The ilish (''Tenualosa ilisha'') (), also known as the ilishi, hilsa, hilsa herring or hilsa shad, is a species of fish related to the herring, in the family Clupeidae. It is a very popular and sought-after food in the Bengal region, and is ...

'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Hilsa shad) * ''

Tenualosa macrura ''Tenualosa macrura'', also known as the longtail shad, is a species of fish in the family Dorosomatidae. Description ''Tenualosa macrura'' was first described by Pieter Bleeker in 1852, is a species of shad in the order Clupeiformes. Found in t ...

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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").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. ...

'' ( J. Richardson, 1846) (Reeves' shad) * ''

Tenualosa thibaudeaui The Laotian shad (''Tenualosa thibaudeaui'') is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found in the Mekong River drainage in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is ...

'' ( J. Durand, 1940) (Laotian shad) * ''

Tenualosa toli The toli shad or Chinese herring (''Tenualosa toli'') is a fish of the family Clupeidae, a species of shad distributed in the western Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal to the Java Sea and the South China Sea. It may be found in Mauritius and the ...

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, 1847) (Toli shad)

References

Dorosomatidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Clupeiformes-stub