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Pristigasteridae
Amazon ilisha
Ilisha amazonica
Pristigasterid Fish of the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumAmazon ilisha is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 19.7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Genus
- Ilisha
- Maximum length
- 19.7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon River basin (Pará and Manáos [= Manaus] to Iquitos, Peru).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
