Scientific Name	Ilisha elongata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)	Depth	5 - 20M
Chinese	長鰳	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鋸腹鰳科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F094　Pristigasteridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鰳
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	白力、力魚、曹白魚、吐目、鰳魚(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North、PonFu
Habitats	Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sumatra, Indonesia
Synonyms	Alosa elongata, Clupea affinis, Ilisha abnormis, Pellona elongata, Pellona grayana, Pellona leschenaulti, Pellona schlegelii, Pellona vimbella, Pristigaster chinensis, Pristigaster sinensis
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	ASIZP0065149. ASIZP0073219. ASIZP0073506. ASIZP0080055. ASIZP0700136. ASIZP0700360. ASIZP0700361. ASIZP0800835. ASIZP0805694. ASIZP0806055. ASIZP0807389. ASIZP0910835. ASIZP0915694. ASIZP0916055. ASIZP0917389. BMNH1979.3.21.309. FRIP03029. MTP0188. NMMBP04976. NTMP1210. NTUM00120. NTUM01768. NTUM02128. NTUM03632.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-08-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Slender shad; White herring; Chinese herring; Herring; Elongate ilisha
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body slender, belly with usually 24 to 25 + 10 to 15, total 34 to 42 scutes. Eye large, lower jaw projecting; mouth directed obliquely upward; upper jaw reaching at most to vertical through centre of eye. Gill rakers fairly short and thick; lower gill rakers on first gill arch 19 to 25. Dorsal fin origin at about midpoint of body or a little behind; anal fin origin a little behind dorsal fin base. Swim bladder with a long tube passing back down right side of body above anal fin base.No distinctive colour patterns.
habitats	Found inshore, entering estuaries and presumably able to tolerate lowered salinities; also found in semi-enclosed sea areas. A warm-water species that does not reach the northern part of its range in cool years.
Distribution	Widespread in Indo-West Pacific from Pondicherry, through Java Sea, northern Australian coast to Queensland, to East China Sea; north to Korea and southern Japan, as far as Osaka on the Pacific coast and Fukuoka in Sea of Japan, also Peter the Great Bay i
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, boiled, or made into fishballs.