Elongate ilisha
📖 Overview
Found inshore, entering estuaries and presumably able to tolerate lowered salinities; also found in semi-enclosed sea areas . A warm-water species that does not reach the northern part of its range in cool years. Used in Chinese medicine .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 43 - 53. Body slender, belly with usually 24 to 25 + 10 to 15, total 34 to 42 scutes. Eye large, lower jaw projecting. Dorsal fin origin at about midpoint of body or a little behind; anal fin origin a little behind dorsal fin base. Swim bladder with a long tube passing back down right side of body above anal fin base.: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Elongate ilisha is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Elongate ilisha is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Elongate ilisha is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 5 - ? m . Tropical; 39°N - 1°S, 103°E - 138°E 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).
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alosa elongata | Anonymous | - | Synonym |
| Clupea affinis | Gray | 1830 | Synonym |
| Ilisha abnormis | Richardson | 1846 | Synonym |
| Ilisha affinis | Gray | 1830 | Synonym |
| Pellona elongata | Bennett | 1830 | Synonym |
| Pellona grayana | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Pellona leschenaulti | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Pellona schlegelii | Bleeker | 1853 | Synonym |
| Pellona vimbella | Valenciennes | 1847 | Synonym |
| Pristigaster chinensis | Basilewsky | 1855 | Synonym |
| Pristigaster sinensis | Sauvage | 1881 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 8 records indexed .
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