Clupea kanagurta is a Junior Synonym of Hilsa kelee.

Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829 Mar)

Kelee shad - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Clupeiformes
Family	:	Clupeidae
Genus	:	Hilsa
Species	:	Hilsa kelee

Common Names:

English	:	Kelee shad[6]
Bangla	:	Data not available

Synonyms:

Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829 Mar
Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829 Mar)
Tenualosa kelee (Cuvier, 1829 Mar)
Hilsa keele (Cuvier, 1829 Mar)
Hilsa keelee (Cuvier, 1829 Mar)
Clupeonia blochii Valenciennes, 1847 Nov
Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848 Sep
Macrura brevis (Bleeker, 1848 Sep)
Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852 Jan
Clupea kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852 Jan)
Hilsa kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852 Jan)
Hilsa kanakurta (Bleeker, 1852 Jan)
Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854 Feb
Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866
Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868 Mar
Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906 Jun
Clupea sinensis (Non Linnaeus, 1758 Jan)

Maximum Length and Weight:

30 cm (TL) and 500 g ^[1657]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Body Depth : Standard length = 1 : 2.5-3.3 ^[5]
Body Depth : Standard length = 1 : 2.4-3 ^[1174]
Head length : Total length = 1 : 3.20-3.50 ^[1174]

Taxonomic Formula:

D iv 13-14; A iii 17-19; P i 15; V i 7 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}
B vi; D 17; A 18-21; P 15; V 9; C 19; L.ls 42-45; L.tr 13-14 ^{[Shafi and Quddus, 1982]}

Scales:

Data not available

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [491]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [156]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Kenya[68] Madagascar[68] Mozambique[68] Somalia[1009] South Africa[1010] Tanzania[911] Andaman Island[746] Bahrain[895] Bangladesh[68] Brunei[68] Cambodia[68] China[68] Hong Kong[68] India[855] Indonesia[68] Iran[68] Kuwait[895] Laos[851] Malaysia[68] Myanmar[68] Oman[899] Pakistan[68] Philippines[1011] Qatar[895] Saudi Arabia[895] Singapore[68] Sri Lanka[68] Thailand[71] United Arab Emirates[895] Vietnam[912] Yemen[68] Papua New Guinea[750]
Bangladesh	:	Zone 4: Chattagram-Cox's Bazar coastal waters, [1657] Zone 5: Shallow shelf sea (upto about 40m depth) in the Bay of Bengal, [1657] Zone 6: Industrial Fishing Zone (from 40 to about 90m depth) in the Bay of Bengal, [1657]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Egg: shape- Spherical, ^[938]

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears:
Gill net, Seine net, Seine net, Set bag net, Set bag net ^[1657]
Gill net, Seine net, Seine net, Set bag net, Set bag net ^[1657]
Market price: Data not available