Kalimantan ilisha (Ilisha macrogaster) fish species and information / pictures of Kalimantan ilisha - Ilisha macrogaster

Kalimantan ilisha (Ilisha macrogaster) fish species information

Scientific Name
Ilisha macrogaster

Common Name
Kalimantan ilisha

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 49. Body moderately deep, belly with 25 + 11, total 36 scutes. Eye large, lower jaw projecting. Dorsal fin origin at about midpoint of body; anal fin origin under dorsal fin base. Swim bladder with a single long tube passing back down right side of body above anal fin base. Not toothed hypo-maxilla between hind tip of pre-maxilla and blade of maxilla.

Classification

Classified By

Bleeker, 1866

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Herrings (Clupeiformes)

Family

Pristigasterids (Pristigasteridae)

Distribution

Region

Western Central Pacific

Distribution

Western Central Pacific: South China Sea (western Kalimantan, Sarawak).

Range

9°N - 3°S, 105°E - 119°E

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

50 m

Zone

pelagic-neritic

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188)

Trophic Level

3.33 s.e. 0.52 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

12.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated