Tenualosa
| Tenualosa | |
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| Tenualosa ilisha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Subfamily: | Alosinae |
| Genus: | Tenualosa Fowler, 1934 |
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Tenualosa is a genus of fish in the Clupeidae family and its subfamily Alosinae (the shads). There are currently five recognized species in this genus.
Species
- Tenualosa ilisha (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Hilsa shad)
- Tenualosa macrura (Bleeker, 1852) (Longtail shad)
- Tenualosa reevesii (J. Richardson, 1846) (Reeves' shad)
- Tenualosa thibaudeaui (J. Durand, 1940) (Laotian shad)
- Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847) (Toli shad)
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