Tenualosa macrura
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| Tenualosa macrura | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Dorosomatidae |
| Genus: | Tenualosa |
| Species: | T. macrura |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenualosa macrura Pieter Bleeker, 1852 | |
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Tenualosa macrura, also known as the longtail shad, is a species of fish in the family Dorosomatidae.[3][4]
Tenualosa macrura was first described by Pieter Bleeker in 1852, is a species of shad in the order Clupeiformes. Found in tropical and subtropical waters of Southeast Asia, it inhabits coastal areas, estuaries, and river mouths, displaying an anadromous life cycle where it migrates upriver to spawn in freshwater. The fish is characterized by its streamlined, silvery body and an elongated tail, and can reach a maximum length of 52 centimetres. Feeding primarily on plankton, it plays an essential role in the aquatic food web.[3]
Biology
It is an euryhaline fish, which means it can survive in freshwater, brackish, and marine conditions.It is also a schooling fish and lives in the pelagic-neritic zone; anadromous and tropical climate.[5]