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Scientific Name: Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847)
English Name: Toli shad
Local/Bangla Name: Chandana ilish (চন্দনা ইলিশ)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Description:
D1 17; D2 absent; P1 15; P2 I/7; A 3+17. Body silvery with yellow tinge; a diffuse dark blotch behind gill opening; fins hyaline. Body fusiform, moderately deep and strongly compressed; belly with 28 to 30 secutes; a distinct median notch in upper jaw; pre-operculum with an obtuse rounded angle; gill rakers fine.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Abundant in Bay of Bengal, estuaries and tidal rivers.
Environment:
Marine, Freshwater, Brackish (Pelagic-neritic; anadromous)
Comments:
It is an anadromous fish. Also found in marine environment
Main References:
Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.
Other References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.
