Tenualosa ilisha
Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 2. School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
- 3. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
- 4. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
- 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 6. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
Description
Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) [N]—Hilsa
Taxonomy. Original description: Clupanodon ilisha Hamilton, 1822: 243, 382, Pl. 19 (fig. 73). [Ganges estuaries, Patua, Goyakarra, Calcutta, and Dhasa, India; no types known].— Iraq synonyms: Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822).—Revisions: Whitehead (1985: 222).—Illustration: Whitehead (1985: 222, fig.).
Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Hora & Misra (1943).—Iraq materials: BNHM.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Persian Gulf.—General distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Persian Gulf east to the South China Sea.—Habitat: This species is pelagic and schools in coastal waters, euryhaline waters, and anadromous ascending rivers. Breeds mainly in rivers. Freshwater, brackish, marine.
Economic importance. Locally commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CON, EUT, FIT, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Low priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Clupeidae
- Genus
- Tenualosa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Hamilton
- Species
- ilisha
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) sec. Çiçek, Jawad, Eagderi, Esmaeili, Mouludi-Saleh, Sungur & Fricke, 2023
References
- Hamilton, F. (1822) An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London, vii + 405 pp., 39 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 59540
- Hora, S. L. & Misra K. S. (1943) On a small collection of fish from Iraq. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Science, Series 3, 9 (1), 1 - 15.