Reeves shad
📖 Overview
Schooling in coastal waters and ascending rivers to breed. Adults are found near the surface at sea while larvae and juveniles spend the first two years of their life in river tide pools and estuaries . Feed on planktonic crustaceans like cyclopoids and other copepods, and rotifers .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 16 - 18; Vertebrae: 44 - 45. Belly with 29 to 34 scutes. Head large; a median notch in upper jaw, which distinguishes it from other similar clupeids, except Hilsa kelee; with a well developed sebaceous eyelids. Gill rakers fine and numerous, each raker with scattered asperities. Caudal fin deeply forked with minute scales. A dark blotch behind gill opening and a series of spots along flank. Color: Metallic blue-green back that lightens to silver along the sides .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Reeves shad is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Reeves shad is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Ascend rivers to breed . After spawning, the adults go back to the sea while the larvae stay in river mouths during their first year. At the beginning of their second year, the juveniles swim to the sea .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous ; depth range 0 - 50 m . Tropical; 31°N - 5°N, 95°E - 123°E Northwest Pacific: China and possibly southward into South China Sea, but records uncertain.
🌿 Ecology
planktonic crustaceans like cyclopoids and other copepods, and rotifers (Ref
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