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:

There is no synonym found for Ilisha melastoma.

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