Javan ilisha (Ilisha pristigastroides)

Scientific name: Ilisha pristigastroides Bleeker, 1852

Javan ilisha (Ilisha pristigastroides)

The Javan ilisha (Ilisha pristigastroides) is a freshwater fish of the family Pristigasteridae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, Java Sea (Jakarta). Occurrence in Thailand needs to be confirmed.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 45 - 46. Body moderately slender, belly with 26 or 27 + 11 or 12, total 37 to 39 scutes. Eye large, lower jaw projecting; lower gill rakers 17 (3 fishes). Dorsal fin origin behind midpoint of body; anal fin origin below front part of dorsal fin base. Swim bladder with a single long tube passing back down right side of body above anal fin base. No toothed hypo-maxilla.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ilisha pristigastroides
Family
Pristigasteridae (Pristigasterids)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Java Sea (Jakarta). Occurrence in Thailand needs to be confirmed.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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