Tenualosa

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Tenualosa
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Tenualosa ilisha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Tenualosa
Fowler, 1934
Type species
Alosa reevesii
Species

5 species (see text)

Synonyms [1]
  • Hilsa (Tenualosa) Fowler, 1934
  • Tennalosa – misspelling

Tenualosa is a genus of fish in the family Dorosomatidae. [1] [2] [3] When subfamilies are recognized, it is placed in the subfamily Alosinae (the shads) [3] or Dorosomatinae (gizzard shads). [2]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Tenualosa". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Tenualosa in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. 1 2 "Tenualosa Fowler, 1934". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 9 September 2020.