Tenualosa toli is a valid scientific name.

Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847 Nov)

- Chandana - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Clupeiformes
Family	:	Clupeidae
Genus	:	Tenualosa
Species	:	Tenualosa toli

Common Names:

English	:	Data not available
Bangla	:	Chandana[5]

Synonyms:

Alausa toli Valenciennes, 1847 Nov
Clupea toli (Valenciennes, 1847 Nov)
Hilsa toli (Valenciennes, 1847 Nov)
Tenulalosa toil (Valenciennes, 1847 Nov)
Alausa argyrochloris Valenciennes, 1847 Nov
Alosa argyrochloris (Valenciennes, 1847 Nov)
Alausa ctenolepis Bleeker, 1852 Apr
Clupea ilisha (Non Hamilton, 1822)

Maximum Length and Weight:

90 cm (TL) ^[347] 60 cm (TL) and 1500 g ^[1657]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 4.9-5.2 : 3.7-4 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 3.7-4 : 2.8-3 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 4.5-5 ^[5]
Head length : Standard length = 1 : 3.6-8.6 ^[1174]

Taxonomic Formula:

D iv-v 14-15; A iii 15-17; P i 13; V i 8 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}
B v; D 16-17; A 19-20; P 14; V 9; C 24; L.ls 39-40; L.tr 13-15 ^{[Shafi and Quddus, 1982]}D. 17-18; P₁. 14-15; P₂. 8 (1/7); A. 19-21 (3-4/16-17) ^{[Rahman, 2005]}

Scales:

29-31 abdominal scutes. 40-41 scales on lateral line. 13-14 scales on transverse series. 12-13 scales after pelvic fin base. 17-18 scales before pelvic fin base. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Vulnerable (VU)	(Version 3.1) [578]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [284]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Mauritius[784] Andaman Island[746] Bangladesh[70] Cambodia[921] Hong Kong[855] India[855] Indonesia[68] Malaysia[68] Oman[1150] Pakistan[911] Sri Lanka[68] Taiwan[855] Thailand[71]
Bangladesh	:	Andharmanik river, Patuakhali[751] Ramnabad river, Patuakhali[1163]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat:
River mouth, Large river, Sea ^[347]

Environment:

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

Breeding Maturity:

First breeding maturity at-
29 cm in FL for Female in Malaysia ^[1052]

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: (Green = Peak, Yellow = Off, Lemon = Moderate)

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Dec

[792]

Harvesting Gears:
Seine net, Gill net, Trawl Net, Trawl Net, Seine net, Seine net ^[792]
Gill net, Gill net, Trawl Net, Trawl Net, Seine net, Seine net ^[1657]
Gill net, Gill net, Trawl Net, Trawl Net, Seine net, Seine net ^[1657]
Market price:
200-300 BDT/kg (Size: 25-35 cm, Weight: 600-900 g, Place: Noakhali, Bangladesh) ^[792]