Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson, 1839) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Clupanodon motius Hamilton, 1822 (synonym)

Clupea megalopterus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)

Clupea parva Swainson, 1839 (ambiguous synonym)

Ilisha dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1847) (synonym)

Ilisha kampeni (non Weber & de Beaufort, 1913) (misapplied name)

Ilisha motius (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym)

Pellona dussumieri Valenciennes, 1847 (synonym)

Pellona megaloptera (Swainson, 1839) (synonym)

Pellona russellii Bleeker, 1852 (synonym)

Platygaster macropthalma Swainson, 1839 (synonym)

Common names:

大眼鰳 Mandarin Chinese

大眼鳓 Mandarin Chinese

Cá Bẹ vây lớn Vietnamese

Cá be tráng Vietnamese

Alose à gros yeux French

Belia mata Malay

Beliak mata Malay

Big eye ilisha English

Bigeye ilisha English

Chapila Bengali

Ditchoe Telugu

Gobar Marathi

Herring English, Papiamento

Iliša velkoploutvá Czech

Indian ilisha English

Jangarloo Telugu

Jewelled shad English

Kapak Malay, Tagalog

Kati Gujarati, Marathi

Kuthuva Tamil, Telugu

Ome hira Japanese

Paturdo Gujarati

Poovaali Tamil

Poovali Tamil

Puput Malay

Puput melaka Malay

Puvalaya Sinhalese

Sardineta ojigrande Spanish

Shamsak-e-bozorg Persian

Storøjet ilisha-sild Danish

Thattakuthuva Tamil

Trey phneik thom Khmer

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Clupeiformes

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Family Pristigasteridae

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Genus Ilisha

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Distribution:

Viet Nam; Thailand; Sri Lanka; South China Sea; Singapore; Persian Gulf; Pakistan; Pacific, Western Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific Ocean; Oriental; Oceania - Inland waters; Myanmar; Mekong; Malaysia; Lao People's Dem. Rep.; Iran (Islamic Rep. of); Indo-Pacific: Indian Ocean (Bombay to Bay of Bengal and Andaman coast of Thailand), Java Sea (off Java, Singapore). Sarawak, `Cochinchina' and Macao specimens (Ref. 6393) should be rechecked.; Indonesian Sea; Indonesia; Indian Ocean, Western; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean; India; Gulf of Oman; Godavari; Ganges; China; Cambodia; Brunei Darussalam; Bay of Bengal; Bangladesh; Asia - Inland waters; Arabian Sea; Andaman Sea

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 27-Jul-1994

Online resource:

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


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4021af11-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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