The toli shad or Chinese herring (Tenualosa toli) is a fish of the family Clupeidae, a species of shad distributed in the western Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal to the Java Sea and the South China Sea.

The ilish (Tenualosa ilisha) (Bengali: ইলিশ, romanized: iliś), also known as the ilishi, hilsa, hilsa herring or hilsa shad, is a species of fish related to the herring, in the family Clupeidae.

Popularly known as hilsa, the Indian shad, Tenualosa ilisha belongs to the sub-family Alosinae of Family Clupeidae. The prized hilsa has established itself as one of the most important...

2003年1月1日 · Five species of tropical shads (family Clupeidae, Tenualosa species; commonly called terubuk in Indonesia, terubok in Malaysia, hilsa in the Indian sub-continent, and pba mak pang in the Mekong)...

Belly with 28 to 30 scutes. A distinct median notch in upper jaw, which distinguishes it from other similar clupeids, except Hilsa kelee. Gill rakers fine but not numerous, 60 to 100 on lower part of arch. Caudal fin short. At most, a dark diffuse mark behind gill …

They are highly commercial Indo-West Pacific fish found from the Persian Gulf to the South China Sea and the Java Sea, these fish can grow to over 23 inches inches (14 inches for kelee) but the Hilsa specimen in the photo was 10 inches and weighed 6 ounces. These shad are marketed fresh and dried and are not considered threatened.

Distributions: Bay of Bengal, coastal India, Indo-Australian Archipelago and Hongkong (Shafi and Quddus, 2003) and India (eastern and western coasts, also rivers) to Java sea and south China sea (Talwar and Jhingran, 1991). Conservation status: Not threatened in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh, 2000).

Hilsa (Tenualosa Toli) also known as Toli shad or Chinese herring and belong to the family Clupeidae. Hilsa are mainly found in the western Indian Ocean to South China Sea. Males can reach a max length of 60 cm. Hilsa has as firm and tendure texture with rich sweet flavor.

The Hilsa Shad (Tenualosa ilisha) or Hilsa is one of the most popular and commercially important fish in South Asian countries like Bangladesh, India and Myanmar. The fish is widely distributed from the Mekong region of the Southeast Asia to Persian Gulf in the middle east, and is also commercially available in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Kuwait.

Tenualosa ilisha, T. toli and Hilsa kelee are three Indian shad species of the family Clupeidae. In past, relationships among these shads have been explored in few morphological studies but still remain poorly understood. In this study, 120 specimens of …