First records of Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829), Kelee Shad (Clupeiformes, Dorosomatidae), from the main island of Taiwan, South China Sea

Check List 21(5): 840-847, doi: 10.15560/21.5.840

First records of Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829), Kelee Shad (Clupeiformes, Dorosomatidae), from the main island of Taiwan, South China Sea

Harutaka Hata^‡, Lauren Sallan^‡, Hsuan-Ching Ho^§|¶

‡ Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan§ National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan| Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Institutes of Applied Research, Kaohsiung, Taiwan¶ Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

Corresponding author: Hsuan-Ching Ho ( ogcoho@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Felipe Ottoni

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Citation: Hata H, Sallan L, Ho H-C (2025) First records of Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829), Kelee Shad (Clupeiformes, Dorosomatidae), from the main island of Taiwan, South China Sea. Check List 21(5): 840-847. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.5.840

Abstract

Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829) is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, but so far it has been recorded only from insular areas (Matsu, Kinmen, and Penghu Islands) in Taiwanese waters. Here we report on 18 specimens collected from off Ke-tzu-liao, Kaohsiung City, southwestern main island of Taiwan. Morphometric and meristic data and an anatomical description of those specimens are presented, together with remarks on the distribution of the species and its occurrence in Taiwanese and adjacent waters.

Keywords

Biodiversity, Clupeomorpha, Macrura, taxonomy, Tenualosa