Kalimantan ilisha (Ilisha macrogaster)

Scientific name: Ilisha macrogaster Bleeker, 1866

Kalimantan ilisha (Ilisha macrogaster)

The Kalimantan ilisha (Ilisha macrogaster) is a brackish-water fish of the family Pristigasteridae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, South China Sea (western Kalimantan, Sarawak).

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.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ilisha macrogaster
Family
Pristigasteridae (Pristigasterids)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
12.0
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: South China Sea (western Kalimantan, Sarawak).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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