Ilisha melastoma is a valid scientific name.

Ilisha melastoma (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Indian ilisha - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Clupeiformes
Family	:	Pristigasteridae
Genus	:	Ilisha
Species	:	Ilisha melastoma

Common Names:

English	:	Indian ilisha[6]
Bangla	:	Data not available

Synonyms:

Clupea melastoma Bloch and Schneider, 1801
Platygaster verticalis Swainson, 1838
Clupea indicus Swainson, 1839
Ilisha indica (Swainson, 1839)
Pellona micropus Valenciennes, 1847 Nov
Ilisha micropus (Valenciennes, 1847 Nov)
Pellona ditchoa Valenciennes, 1847 Nov
Ilisha ditchoa (Valenciennes, 1847 Nov)
Pellona brachysoma Bleeker, 1852 Jan
Ilisha brachysoma (Bleeker, 1852 Jan)

Maximum Length and Weight:

Data not available

Inter-Length Relationship:

Body height : Standard length = 1 : 2.63-2.74 ^[1174]
Head length : Standard length = 1 : 3.6-3.8 ^[1174]

Taxonomic Formula:

D i-ii 15-17; A ii 35-46; P i 15-16; V i 6 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}
B vi; D 16-17; A 40-41; P 15; V 7; L.ls 43-45; L.tr 12-13 ^{[Shafi and Quddus, 1982]}

Scales:

Data not available

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [494]
Bangladesh	:	Data Deficient (DD)	(Version 3.1) [160]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Andaman Island[746] Bahrain[895] Bangladesh[68] Cambodia[68] China[68] Hong Kong[868] India[855] Indonesia[1016] Iraq[916] Iraq[917] Kuwait[856] Malaysia[68] Oman[899] Pakistan[911] Philippines[869] Qatar[895] Saudi Arabia[895] Singapore[68] Sri Lanka[68] Taiwan[68] Thailand[71] United Arab Emirates[895] Vietnam[912] Australia[34] Papua New Guinea[449]
Bangladesh	:	Data not available

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat:
Beel, Baor, River ^[347]

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears:
Purse seine net, Beach seine net, Lift net, Bottom trawl net ^[1174]
Market price: Data not available