WoRMS taxon details
Ilisha africana (Bloch, 1795)
281158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281158)
accepted
Species
Clupanodon africanus (Bloch, 1795) · unaccepted
Clupea africana Bloch, 1795 · unaccepted
Ilisha dolloi (Boulenger, 1902) · unaccepted
Ilisha melanota Derscheid, 1924 · unaccepted
Pellona africana (Bloch, 1795) · unaccepted
Pellona gabonica Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted
Pellona iserti Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Pristigaster dolloi Boulenger, 1902 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea africana Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ilisha africana (Bloch, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281158 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea africana Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
original description (of Pellona gabonica Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Pellona iserti Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
original description (of Ilisha melanota Derscheid, 1924) Derscheid, J. M. (1924). Note sur certains Clupeidae de la côte W. de l'Afrique. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> v. 12 (no. 2): 278-282. [details]
original description (of Pristigaster dolloi Boulenger, 1902) Boulenger, G. A. (1902). Contributions to the ichthyology of the Congo.--II. On a collection of fishes from the Lindi River. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902.</em> v. 1 (pt 1) (art. 4): 265-271, Pls. 28-30. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Pellona gabonica Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Pellona iserti Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
original description (of Ilisha melanota Derscheid, 1924) Derscheid, J. M. (1924). Note sur certains Clupeidae de la côte W. de l'Afrique. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> v. 12 (no. 2): 278-282. [details]
original description (of Pristigaster dolloi Boulenger, 1902) Boulenger, G. A. (1902). Contributions to the ichthyology of the Congo.--II. On a collection of fishes from the Lindi River. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902.</em> v. 1 (pt 1) (art. 4): 265-271, Pls. 28-30. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | West African ilisha | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ilisha dolloi (Boulenger, 1902))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Clupanodon africanus (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pellona africana (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ilisha melanota Derscheid, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Clupea africana Bloch, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pellona gabonica Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pellona iserti Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster dolloi Boulenger, 1902)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ilisha africana)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea africana Bloch, 1795)
To FishBase (from synonym Pellona africana (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigaster dolloi Boulenger, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Ilisha melanota Derscheid, 1924)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupanodon africanus (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase (from synonym Pellona iserti Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Pellona gabonica Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Ilisha dolloi (Boulenger, 1902))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Clupea africana Bloch, 1795)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Pellona africana (Bloch, 1795))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Clupanodon africanus (Bloch, 1795))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ilisha africana RAD100744-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ilisha africana RAD100744-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ilisha dolloi (Boulenger, 1902))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Clupanodon africanus (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pellona africana (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ilisha melanota Derscheid, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Clupea africana Bloch, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pellona gabonica Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pellona iserti Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pristigaster dolloi Boulenger, 1902)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ilisha africana)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea africana Bloch, 1795)
To FishBase (from synonym Pellona africana (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigaster dolloi Boulenger, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Ilisha melanota Derscheid, 1924)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupanodon africanus (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase (from synonym Pellona iserti Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Pellona gabonica Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Ilisha dolloi (Boulenger, 1902))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Clupea africana Bloch, 1795)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Pellona africana (Bloch, 1795))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Clupanodon africanus (Bloch, 1795))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ilisha africana RAD100744-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ilisha africana RAD100744-002)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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