Ilisha
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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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.[2] Some species also enter rivers, and I. amazonica and I. novacula are largely–if not entirely–restricted to tropical rivers.[3][4]
| Ilisha | |
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| Ilisha elongata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Pristigasteridae |
| Genus: | Ilisha J. Richardson, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Ilisha abnormis J. Richardson, 1846[1] | |
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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.[5] Other species may be reported as simply clupeoids.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[6]
- 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)
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