Ilisha (genus)

Short description: Genus of ray-finned fishes

Ilisha

Ilisha elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Clupeiformes
Family:  | Pristigasteridae
Genus:  | Ilisha
J. Richardson, 1846
Species

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Ilisha is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Pristigasteridae. The genus contains 16 species. It is similar to Pellona but lacks a toothed hypo-maxilla. The genus has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical coastal waters and estuaries.[1] Some species also enter rivers, and I. amazonica and I. novacula are largely–if not entirely–restricted to tropical rivers.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Fisheries
* 2 Species
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Fisheries

Two Ilisha species are individually reported in the FAO catch statistics: Ilisha elongata off coasts of China and Korea and Ilisha africana off West African coasts.[4] Other species may be reported as simply clupeoids.

## Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[5]

* Ilisha africana (Bloch, 1795) (West African ilisha)
* Ilisha amazonica (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Amazon ilisha)
* Ilisha compressa J. E. Randall, 1994
* Ilisha elongata (Anonymous (referred to E. T. Bennett), 1830) (Elongate ilisha)
* Ilisha filigera (Valenciennes, 1847) (Coromandel ilisha)
* Ilisha fuerthii (Steindachner, 1875) (Pacific ilisha)
* Ilisha kampeni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1913) (Kampen's ilisha)
* Ilisha lunula Kailola, 1986 (Longtail ilisha)
* Ilisha macrogaster Bleeker, 1866 (Kalimantan ilisha)
* Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson, 1839) (Bigeye ilisha)
* Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Indian ilisha)
* Ilisha novacula (Valenciennes, 1847) (Burmese River ilisha)
* Ilisha obfuscata Wongratana, 1983 (Hidden ilisha)
* Ilisha pristigastroides (Bleeker, 1852) (Javan ilisha)
* Ilisha sirishai Seshagiri Rao, 1975 (Lobejaw ilisha)
* Ilisha striatula Wongratana, 1983 (Banded ilisha)

## References

1. ↑ Whitehead, Peter J.P. (1985). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolfherrings. Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. Rome: FAO. pp. 261–278. ISBN 92-5-102340-9. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac482e/ac482e00.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ilisha amazonica" in FishBase. March 2013 version.
3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ilisha novacula" in FishBase. March 2013 version.
4. ↑ FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (2011). Yearbook of fishery and aquaculture statistics 2009. Capture production. Rome: FAO. pp. 91–92. ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/CDrom/CD_yearbook_2009/root/capture/yearbook_capture.pdf.
5. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ilisha in FishBase. December 2012 version.

## External links

* "Ilisha". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=161771. Retrieved 31 December 2010.

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