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SpeciesClupeiformesClupeidae
Fish

🐟Ilish

Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822)

Индийская тенуалоза, или гильза индийская (лат. Tenualosa ilisha) — вид лучепёрых рыб семейства сельдевых. Обитает в тропических водах Индийского океана между 34° с. ш. и 5° с. ш. и между 42° в. д. и 97° в. д. Встречается на глубине до 200 м. Максимальная длина 60 см. Является объектом коммерческого промысла. Национальная рыба Бангладеш.

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Also called
Tenualosa ilisha, Hilsa, Hilsa shad
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Ilish

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Body mass
0.68 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

By sex

  • Female2.49 kgFishBasev25.04
Body length
0.36 mrecord 0.6 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
5 yearsmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
2.89
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 2.89 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
0.7 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderClupeiformes
  4. ›familyClupeidae
  5. ›genusTenualosa
  6. ›speciesTenualosa ilisha
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. subclassNeopterygii
  3. orderClupeiformes
  4. suborderClupeoidei
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderClupeiformes
  10. suborderClupeoidei
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In other languages
Tenualosa ilisha (it), سمكة إيليش (ar), Alose hilsa (fr), 雲鰣 (zh), Cá cháy Hilsa (vi), ماهی صبور (fa) … and 18 more languages
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