Accepted scientific name:

Synonyms:

Common names:

Alose rasoir French

Capasseca Portuguese

Ilissa africana Italian

Sardineta africana Spanish

Vestafrikansk stamsild Danish

West African ilisha English

Westafrikaanse ilisha Dutch

Westafrikanische Ilisha German

Bonga Creole, Portuguese, English, Krio, Portuguese, Spanish, Susu, Unknown

Fanhico Portuguese

Herring English, Papiamento

Ilisa Rumanian, Spanish

Iliša africká Czech

Ilisha africain French

Ilisza afrykanska Polish

Kafla Ewe

Kaflan Fon Gbe

Kanfla Akan, Ewe

Kanflanvi Gen-Gbe, Pila

Kpankpadè Fon GBE

Lala Unknown

Lati Bengali, Krio, Susu, Unknown

Litchiendjilà Vili

Mbèrè Nkomi

Nafran Nzema, Unknown

Péténana juabá Avikam

Rasoir English, French

Rimbal Wolof

Rimbol Wolof

Sardine of estuaries English

Scrumbie africana Rumanian

Sledovka africká Czech

Tamtemire Akan

Tialimaro Other

Vestafrikansk ilisha-sild Danish

西非鰳 Mandarin Chinese

西非鳓 Mandarin Chinese

Aflema Fon Gbe, French

African ilisha English

Afrikansk buksill Swedish

Classification:

Distribution:

Togo; Sierra Leone; Senegal; Sao Tome and Principe; Sanaga; Nigeria; Mauritania; Liberia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea Current; Guinea; Ghana; Gambia; Gabon; Equatorial Guinea; Ébrié Lagoon; Eastern Atlantic: northern Senegal south to Baie de Saint-Bras, Angola.; Côte d'Ivoire; Congo, Republic of; Congo, Dem. Rep. of the; Cape Verde; Canary Current; Cameroon; Benin; Benguela Current; Atlantic, Southeast; Atlantic, Eastern Central; Atlantic Ocean; Angola; Africa-Inland Waters

Additional data:

In Norman 1923.

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 26-Jul-1994

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...

CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:40169be7-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009