Hilsa kelee

Not to be confused with Hilsa.

Hilsa kelee, called the kelee shad, fivespot herring, hilsa, ilish and the razorbelly, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Dorosomatidae, which includes the gizzard shads and sardinellas. This fish is found along the coasts and estuaries of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific, generally in tropical waters in the Bay of Bengal. It feeds on diatoms and dinoflagellates, and any other small plankton that it can trap in its gill rakers. Some individuals can reach 35 cm, but most are around 16.5 cm. Hilsa kelee is currently considered the only species in the genus Hilsa, although other species have been included in the genus previously.^[3][4]

Hilsa kelee
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Dorosomatidae
Genus:	Hilsa Regan, 1917
Species:	H. kelee
Binomial name
Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)
Synonyms[2]
List 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 keele (Cuvier, 1829) (lapsus) Hilsa keelee (Cuvier, 1829) (lapsus) Hilsa kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852) Hilsa kanakurta (Bleeker, 1852) (lapsus) Macrura brevis (Bleeker, 1848) Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829) Tenualosa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)