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 The 𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚),𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 as the 𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐚, 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐚, 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 or 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝,is a 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 to the 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠,in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞.

𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 of the species 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 than 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, with 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 not reaching over 𝟒𝟔 𝐜𝐦. 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 can reach 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 of up to 𝟓𝟓 𝐜𝐦 (𝟐𝟐 𝐢𝐧).The fish 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 a 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 the 𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 by a 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 the 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤 in 𝐣𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬.While 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, the 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 of 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 is 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 with 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 and 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞.

The 𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 is 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜-𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 of the 𝐬𝐞𝐚 as well as 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 and 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬.They 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 of up to 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐦 in a 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. These fish 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 in 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 and 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 in 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫 and the 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 where they can be 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in the 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐬 and 𝐄𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 in and around 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 The ilish is 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝟏𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫, 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪, 𝐊𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐁𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 and 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.

The species 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 on 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐧 and 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 in 𝐦𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬.Its 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭 primarily consists of 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐞 (𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬), 𝐂𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐞 (𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐞), and 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 (𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐚 and 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚).