Elongate ilisha (Ilisha elongata)

Scientific name: Ilisha elongata Anonymous [Bennett], 1830

Elongate ilisha (Ilisha elongata)

The Elongate ilisha (Ilisha elongata) is a brackish-water fish of the family Pristigasteridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 43 - 53. Body slender, belly with usually 24 to 25 + 10 to 15, total 34 to 42 scutes. Eye large, lower jaw projecting. Dorsal fin origin at about midpoint of body or a little behind; anal fin origin a little behind dorsal fin base. Swim bladder with a long tube passing back down right side of body above anal fin base.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ilisha elongata
Family
Pristigasteridae (Pristigasterids)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Common length
30.0
Depth range
5 m (16 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 5 - ? m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Indian Ocean (Kuwait Bay and Pondicherry), Java Sea (Singapore), East China Sea (Canton north to the Koreas and southern Japan, as far as Osaka on the Pacific coast and Fukuoka in Sea of Japan, also Peter the Great Bay in Soviet waters).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming tm=1-2)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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