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Scientific Name: Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Hilsa shad
Local/Bangla Name: Ilish (ইলিশ)
Bonyfish : Tenualosa ilisha

Labcode: F1602sb-52-3, F1602sb-52, F1602sb-53-2

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Description:
D1 3+15; D 2 absent; P1 1+14; P2 1+7; A 2+18. Back blue-green, flankssilvery; a series of black blotches along flanks which may disappear in large adults. Body fusiform, its depth a little greater than head length which is 27 to 32% of standard length; belly with fairly sharply keeled scutes. Upper jaw with a distinct median notch when seen from above. Top of head covered with thick skin. No teeth in jaws. Caudal fin as long as head.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in rivers and sea water
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish
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:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

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.

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

Ahmed MS, Datta SK, Zhilik AA (2020) Molecular diversity of freshwater fishes of Bangladesh assessed by DNA barcoding. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(1), 1-19.

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DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MF588658 MF621554   MF588659 KX657721 MH230965
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
Other Information