Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822)

Distribution in the area. Not endemic. Only anadromous species in the area. Enters the Shatt Al-Arab to spawn upriver in the Tigris and Euphrates. In the Tigris, it migrated as far north as Qal’ at Salih and into the East Al-Hammar marshes, as well as in the Euphrates as far north as Yaou (Coad 2010). Also known from the Karun drainage.