Ilisha

Body moderately slender, belly with 26 or 27 + 11 or 12, total 37 to 39 scutes. Eye large, lower jaw projecting; lower gill rakers 17 (3 fishes). Dorsal fin origin behind midpoint of body; anal fin origin below front part of dorsal fin base. Swim bladder with a single long tube passing back down right side of body above anal fin base. No toothed hypo-maxilla.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 45 - 46

Occurs in coastal waters, apparently entering rivers and brackish water.

fisheries: commercial