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Tenualosa ilisha (Hilsa shad; River shad; Indian shad; Hilsa herring; Hilsa)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Tenualosa ilisha (ilish, hilsa, hilsa herring or hilsa shad) is a species of fish in the herring family (Clupeidae), and a popular food fish in South Asia. The fish contributes about 12% of the total fish production and about 1% of GDP in Bangladesh. About 450,000 people are directly involved with the catching for livelihood; around four to five million people are indirectly involved with the trade. It is also the national fish of Bangladesh.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Anadromous

Emblem of

Bangladesh

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[2]

Predators

Anguilla bengalensis (Mottled eel)[3]
Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas's Fish Eagle)[4]

Consumers

External References

Citations

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1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Studies on the Biology of the Indian Fresh-water eel, Anguilla bengalensis Gray, V. Rayappa Pantulu, Central Indian Fisheries Research Station, Calcutta, Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India Vol. 22, B, No. 5, p. 259-280 (1957)
4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0