Mozambique country information

Common names: Kelee shad, Magumba, Malola
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from coastal waters (Ref. 5213), including Maputo Bay (Ref. 5339) and Inhaca Island (Ref. 5285), and from lagoons and estuary of the Zambezi River delta (Ref. 39494). Also Ref. 5284.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mz.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
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Common names from other countries

Alose palli, Sábalo chandano, Гильза индоокеанская (=гильза-кели), ... more

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> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Hilsa: Bangladesh and Bengali local name for a fish.
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; eau douce; saumâtre; anadrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 10 - ? m (Ref. 30573). Tropical; 25°N - 18°S, 43°E - 155°E (Ref. 54554)

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Indo-West Pacific: probably all coasts of Indian Ocean, from Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Aden south to Durban and Madagascar, across the Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Thailand, Java Sea and north to Hong Kong and east to Papua New Guinea and possibly further (Ref. 188).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 15.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 11228); common length : 16.5 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 188)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 16-19; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 17 - 23. Diagnosis: Body fairly deep and compressed, belly with distinct keel of scutes; top of head with numerous fronto-parietal striae; upper jaw with median notch; gillrakers about 100 to 175, those on inner arches distinctly curled; outer row of gill filaments on first arch not more than half length of gillrakers; a series of small triangular scales above axil of pectoral fin; hind part of body scales perforated (Ref. 188). A black spot behind gill cover, usually followed by up to 10 spots along flank (Ref. 188).

Found in coastal waters (Ref. 3107, 30573); marine, pelagic, but entering estuaries and able to tolerate quite low salinities (7 ppt) (Ref. 188). Feeds chiefly on phytoplankton, mainly diatoms, also dinoflagellates, but also copepods, molluscan and crustacean larvae, prawns, amphipods and polychaetes (Ref. 188). Spawns, at least in Godavari estuary, around February (Ref. 188). Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted and boiled. Made into fish balls.

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Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 July 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: hautement commercial; appât: occasionally

FAO(Aquaculture: production; pêcheries: production, Résumé espèce; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.8 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 772 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00655 - 0.01674), b=3.02 (2.89 - 3.15), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 2.9 ±0.33 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=1.1).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Low.

Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)