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Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Clupeiformes
family
Clupeidae
genus
Hilsa
species
Hilsa kelee

Name

Synonyms
Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854
Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852
Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848
Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866
Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906
Clupea kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852)
Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829
Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868
Clupeonia blochii Valenciennes, 1847
Harengula zeylanica Hubrecht, 1879
Hilsa kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852)
Hilsa kanakurta (Bleeker, 1852)
Macrura brevis (Bleeker, 1848)
Macrura durbanensis (Regan, 1906)
Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829)
Tenualosa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)
Homonyms
Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)
Common names
Kelee shad in English
Kelee shad in English
Kelee shad in English
alose palli in French
alose palli in French
sábalo chandano in Spanish
sábalo chandano in Spanish
Kelee Shad in English
Kelee shad in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Munroe, T. A., T. Wongratana, and M. S. Nizinski / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Clupeidae: Herrings (also, sardines, shads, sprats, pilchards, and menhadens). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1775-1821.
  8. Whitehead, Peter J. P., 1985: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1. x + 303.
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