Scientific Name	Ilisha melastoma   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	Depth	5 - 20M
Chinese	黑口鰳	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鋸腹鰳科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F094　Pristigasteridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑口鰳
Max Length	17 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	短鰳、印度鰳、圓眼仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North、PonFu
Habitats	Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Near Coromandel, Tamil Nadu, India
Synonyms	Clupea indicus, Clupea melastoma, Ilisha brachysoma, Ilisha ditchoa, Ilisha indica, Ilisha micropus, Pellona brachysoma, Pellona ditchoa, Pellona micropus, Platygaster verticalis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鱘形目；海鰱目；鯡形目及鼠鱚目(張, 2001)  Whitehead, P. J. P. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0059983. ASIZP0069729. ASIZP0069736. ASIZP0069737. ASIZP0071554. ASIZP0074487. ASIZP0079236. ASIZP0079370. ASIZP0700366. ASIZP0803254. ASIZP0803255. ASIZP0803256. ASIZP0913254. ASIZP0913255. ASIZP0913256. BMNH1979.3.21.310-311. NMMBP01180. NMMBP01183. NMMBP04169. NMMBP04560. NMMBP05063. NMMBP05220. NMMBP05373. NMNSF01299. NTUM02077. NTUM02131. NTUM03589. NTUM03633. NTUM08689.
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Herring; Indian ilisha
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Belly with usually 17 to 21 + 8 or 9, total 25 to 30 scutes. Eye large, lower jaw projecting. Dorsal fin origin a little before midpoint of body; anal fin origin under hind part of dorsal fin base. Vertical striae on scales traversing whole scale or overlapping across center of scale. Swim bladder with two tubes passing back in the muscles on either side of haemal spines.
habitats	Occurs in coastal waters but enters estuaries and presumably able to tolerate lowered salinities. Feeds on plankton (probably small crustaceans).
Distribution	Distributed in Indo-Pacificfrom Malabar coast to Calcutta, to Java Sea (off Java), Arafura Sea, South China Sea and north to Taiwan. It found in western and northern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Is..
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, boiled, or made into fishballs.