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Toli shad

Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847)

Status not recordedbony fish

The toli shad (Tenualosa toli) is a species in the family Dorosomatidae, order Clupeiformes.

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Quick facts about the toli shad

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the toli shad live?

Not recorded

Is the toli shad endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the toli shad classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderClupeiformes
  5. familyDorosomatidae
  6. genusTenualosa
  7. SpeciesTenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847)

Synonyms Alausa argyrochloris, Alausa ctenolepis, Alausa toli, Alosa argyrochloris, Clupea toli, Hilsa sinensis, Hilsa toli, Tenulalosa toil

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Chinese herringEnglish
  • placka toliCzech
  • sábalo toliSpanish
  • alose toliFrench
  • PalwaGujarati
  • TerubokMalay
  • Тенуалоза-толиRussian
  • கருவுள்ளம்Tamil
  • ปลาตะลุมพุกThai
  • 托氏鰣Chinese
  • Pla TalumpookThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the toli shad

Other species in the same genus Tenualosa.

LC, Least Concern
Ilish (Tenualosa ilisha)

Ilish

Tenualosa ilisha

Dorosomatidae

Laotian shad

Tenualosa thibaudeaui

DorosomatidaeNo free photo yet

Reeves shad

Tenualosa reevesii

DorosomatidaeNo free photo yet

CompareToli shad vs IlishToli shad vs Laotian shadToli shad vs Reeves shadToli shad vs Longtail shad

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the toli shad?

The toli shad (Tenualosa toli) belongs to the family Dorosomatidae in the order Clupeiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Toli shad (Tenualosa toli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/toli-shad

MLA

“Toli shad (Tenualosa toli).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/toli-shad.

BibTeX
@misc{toli_shad_2026,
  title = {Toli shad (Tenualosa toli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/toli-shad},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}