WoRMS taxon details
Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)
212278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212278)
accepted
Species
Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848 · unaccepted
Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866 · unaccepted
Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906 · unaccepted
Clupea kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852) · unaccepted
Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (Basionym)
Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868 · unaccepted
Clupeonia blochii Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Harengula zeylanica Hubrecht, 1879 · unaccepted
Hilsa kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852) · unaccepted
Hilsa kanakurta (Bleeker, 1852) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hilsa keele (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hilsa keelee (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Macrura brevis (Bleeker, 1848) · unaccepted
Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Tenualosa kelee (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 320 [details]
page(s): 320 [details]
Description Enters estuaries and able to tolerate quite low salinities (7 ppt). Feeds chiefly on phytoplankton (mainly diatoms, also...
Description Enters estuaries and able to tolerate quite low salinities (7 ppt). Feeds chiefly on phytoplankton (mainly diatoms, also dinoflagellates), but also copepods, molluscan and crustacean larvae, prawns, amphipods and polychaetes. Spawns (at least in Godavari estuary) around February. Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted and boiled. Made into fish balls. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212278 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 320 [details]
original description (of Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848) Bleeker, P. (1948). A contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyological fauna of Sumbawa. <em>Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore).</em> v. 2 (no. 9): 632-639. [details]
original description (of Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866) Bleeker, P. (1866). Description de quelques espèces inédites ou peu connues de Clupéoïdes de l'Inde archipélagique. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 3: 293-308.
page(s): 294 [details]
original description (of Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [details]
original description (of Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Nieuwe tientallen diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 495-534. [details]
original description (of Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Haringachtige visschen [Clupeoïden on cover] van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 24 (8): 1-48 + 49-52., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41214689 [details]
original description (of Clupeonia blochii 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 320 [details]
original description (of Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848) Bleeker, P. (1948). A contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyological fauna of Sumbawa. <em>Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore).</em> v. 2 (no. 9): 632-639. [details]
original description (of Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866) Bleeker, P. (1866). Description de quelques espèces inédites ou peu connues de Clupéoïdes de l'Inde archipélagique. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 3: 293-308.
page(s): 294 [details]
original description (of Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [details]
original description (of Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Nieuwe tientallen diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 495-534. [details]
original description (of Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Haringachtige visschen [Clupeoïden on cover] van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 24 (8): 1-48 + 49-52., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41214689 [details]
original description (of Clupeonia blochii 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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
context source (HKRMS)
ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Enters estuaries and able to tolerate quite low salinities (7 ppt). Feeds chiefly on phytoplankton (mainly diatoms, also dinoflagellates), but also copepods, molluscan and crustacean larvae, prawns, amphipods and polychaetes. Spawns (at least in Godavari estuary) around February. Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted and boiled. Made into fish balls. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Kelee shad | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (65 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hilsa kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Macrura brevis (Bleeker, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clupeonia blochii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Clupea kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hilsa kelee)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Hilsa kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula zeylanica Hubrecht, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Tenualosa kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Hilsa keele (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Hilsa keelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Hilsa kanakurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia blochii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrura brevis (Bleeker, 1848))
To FishBase images (Hilsa kelee, Pakistan, by Khan, M.M.)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 127 proteins)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Tenualosa kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hilsa kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Macrura brevis (Bleeker, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clupeonia blochii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Clupea kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hilsa kelee)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa malayana Bleeker, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa brevis Bleeker, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea durbanensis Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea platygaster Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Hilsa kanagurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa brachysoma Bleeker, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula zeylanica Hubrecht, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Tenualosa kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Hilsa keele (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Hilsa keelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Hilsa kanakurta (Bleeker, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia blochii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrura brevis (Bleeker, 1848))
To FishBase images (Hilsa kelee, Pakistan, by Khan, M.M.)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 127 proteins)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Clupea kelee Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Macrura kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 127 proteins) (from synonym Tenualosa kelee (Cuvier, 1829))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
