Abstract: Experiments on domestication of yearling reeves shad show that after using different domestication methods, its mean monthly body length and body weight are increased 18.9 mm and 24.09 g, growth index varies with season and water temperature, being rather high during early summer and late autumn when mean water temperature is 29～30℃, and growth rate is positively correlated with the biomass of zooplankton in the pond. After 8 months extensive rearing in a large pond, its mean body weight reaches to 496.3 g, and the output of it intensively reared in two ponds reaches to 1170 and 1087.5 kg·hm^-2, with a mean body weight of 203.3 and 201.3 g, respectively. The experiments show that artificial culture of reeves shad in pond is feasible.

Key words: Tenualosa reevesii, Pond, Domestication method, Growth, Output, urban forest, cooling effect, community structure