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Pristigasteridae
Bigeye ilisha
Ilisha megaloptera
Pristigasterid Fish from Bay of Bengal
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Indian Ocean
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
MediumBigeye ilisha is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 36.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Genus
- Ilisha
- Maximum length
- 36.5 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Indian Ocean (Bombay to Bay of Bengal and Andaman coast of Thailand), Java Sea (off Java, Singapore). Sarawak, `Cochinchina' and Macao specimens (Ref. 6393 ) should be rechecked.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
