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Pristigasteridae
elongate ilisha
Ilisha elongata
Swim bladder tube to anal fin
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Indian Ocean
East Asia
Fusiform
Largeelongate ilisha is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Genus
- Ilisha
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- 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
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
