Tenualosa | |
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Tenualosa ilisha | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Dorosomatidae |
Genus: |
Tenualosa Fowler, 1934 |
Type species | |
Alosa reevesii
J. Richardson,1846
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Species | |
5 species (see text) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
There are currently five recognized species in this genus: [1] [2]