Hilsa kelee - Marine Biodiversity Portal of Bangladesh

Scientific Name: Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)

English Name: Kelee shad

Local/Bangla Name: Gurta ilish (গুরতা ইলিশ), Boro Choukka (বড় চৌক্কা), Chokkha ilish ( চোক্ষা ইলিশ), Chandana (চন্দনা),Fuyitta Ilish (ফুইট্টা ইলিশ)

Labcode: Td2101MK-01,Gs2101MK-01,Tn2102RK-01,FCC1901SB-13

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Dorosomatidae

Description:

D1 3+13; D2 absent; P1 14; P2 8; A 19. Color of back blue-green, flanks silvery, a dark humeral blotch (behind operculum) followed by 3 to 7 similar spots along flanks and occasionally spots along back. Tips of anterior dorsalfin rays dusky, caudal tin tips faintly dusky. Body fairly deep and compressed, belly with distinct keel of scutes. A black spot behind gill cover. Deep-bodied Sardinella species have no notch in midline of upper jaw and no spots along flank; species of Tenualosa have no fronto-parietal striae.

Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:

Sundarbans Mangrove area

Environment:

Marine, Brakish, Freshwater

References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2nd eds.) (2018) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh (2nd edition), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.

Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 p.

Fanning LP, Chowdhury SR, Uddin MS, Al-Mamun MA (Eds. Uddin MS and Chowdhury SR) (2019) Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.

Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.

Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh

GenBank Accession Number:

COI: KX657720 MN083113 MN083166 MN234106 OP034826 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/OP034824.1 '' target=''_blank''>OP034824 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/OP024186.1 '' target=''_blank''> OP024186 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MN458406.1 '' target=''_blank''> MN458406 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MK572263.1 '' target=''_blank''> MK572263 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/PV013494.1 '' target=''_blank''> PV013494 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/PV013493.1 '' target=''_blank''> PV013493 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/PV013492.1 '' target=''_blank''> PV013492 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/PV013491.1 '' target=''_blank''> PV013491 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KX786664.1 '' target=''_blank''> KX786664 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KX786663.1 '' target=''_blank''> KX786663 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KX786662.1 '' target=''_blank''> KX786662 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KX786661.1 '' target=''_blank''> KX786661 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KX786660.1 '' target=''_blank''> KX786660 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KX786659.1 '' target=''_blank''> KX786659 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KX786658.1 '' target=''_blank''> KX786658