🐟Ilish
L'Alose hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) ou Hilsa (bengali : ইলিশ ; Ilish) est une espèce de poissons tropicaux de la famille des Clupeidae, du genre Tenualosa. Il vit sur les côtes de l'océan Indien et migre en eau douce pour se reproduire (migration anadrome). C'est un des symboles nationaux du Bangladesh, où il a une grande importance alimentaire, ainsi qu'en Inde et au Pakistan.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.
- Body mass
- 0.68 kg
- Body length
- 0.36 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 5 years
Everything we know about the Ilish
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.68 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female2.49 kgFishBasev25.04
Body length0.36 mrecord 0.6 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan5 yearsmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level2.89FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 2.89 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Ilish yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderClupeiformes
- ›familyClupeidae
- ›genusTenualosa
- ›speciesTenualosa ilisha
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderClupeiformes
- suborderClupeoidei
All 10 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderClupeiformes
- suborderClupeoidei
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