Scientific Name	Tenualosa reevesii   Pronounce			by: ©The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Author	(Richardson, 1846)	Depth	0 - 10M
Chinese	鰣	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯡科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F097　Clupeidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鰣
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	生鰳、三來、錫箔魚
Distribution in World	China	Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu
Habitats	Ocean、Estuary、Fresh Water、Coastal、 Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Chinese seas
Synonyms	Alosa reevesii, Clupea sinensis, Hilsa reevesii, Macrura reevesi, Macrura reevesii, Macrura sinensis, Tenualosa reevesi
Reference	臺灣脊椎動物誌；中國動物誌-鱘形目；海鰱目；鯡形目及鼠鱚目(張, 2001)  Richardson, J. 1846 陳兼善 1969 Whitehead, P. J. P. 1985 陳兼善 原著 于名振 增訂 1986 陳兼善 原著 于名振 增訂 1986 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	FRIP00667. FRIP00674.
Common Name	Seasonal shad; Reeves shad; Reeve's shad; Hilsa herring
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	A moderately large herring-like fish; body moderately deep, compressed, abdomen with 31 or 32 fairly sharply-keeled scutes; pelvic scute with ascending arms. Head large; a median notch in upper jaw, which distinguishes it from other similar clupeids. No fleshy outgrowths on posterior margin of gill opening. Opercle smooth without bony striae. Gill rakers fine and numerous, 80 to 250 on lower part of arch. Scales moderate, 42 to 45 in lateral series, without perforations posteriorly. A dark blotch behind gill opening and a series of spots along flanks.
habitats	Schooling in coastal waters and ascending rivers to breed.
Distribution	Only distributed in China and possibly southward into South China Sea, but records uncertain. Eastern Indian Ocean: two specimens collected from Phuket Island, Andaman Sea. It has found in western Penghu Is. before.
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted. Used as bait in the tuna fishery.