Pristigasteridae

Pristigasterids

38 species

1. 1Chirocentrodon bleekerianus (Poey, 1867) · Dogtooth herringbrackish · ocean · tropical
2. 2Ilisha africana (Bloch, 1795) · West African ilishafresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
3. 3Ilisha amazonica (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920) · Amazon ilishafresh · tropical
4. 4Ilisha compressa Randall, 1994 · Compressed ilishaocean · tropical
5. 5Ilisha elongata (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) · Elongate ilishabrackish · ocean · tropical
6. 6Ilisha filigera (Valenciennes, 1847) · Coromandel ilishafresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
7. 7Ilisha fuerthii (Steindachner, 1875) · Pacific ilishabrackish · ocean · tropical
8. 8Ilisha kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1913) · Kampen's ilishafresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
9. 9Ilisha lunula Kailola, 1986 · Longtail ilishabrackish · ocean · tropical
10. 10Ilisha macrogaster Bleeker, 1866 · Kalimantan ilishabrackish · ocean · tropical
11. 11Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson, 1838) · Bigeye ilishafresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
12. 12Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · Indian ilishabrackish · ocean · tropical
13. 13Ilisha novacula (Valenciennes, 1847) · Burmese River ilishafresh · tropical
14. 14Ilisha obfuscata Wongratana, 1983 · Hidden ilishabrackish · ocean · tropical
15. 15Ilisha pristigastroides (Bleeker, 1852) · Javan ilishafresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
16. 16Ilisha sirishae Seshagiri Rao, 1975 · Lobejaw ilishabrackish · ocean · tropical
17. 17Ilisha striatula Wongratana, 1983 · Banded ilishabrackish · ocean · tropical
18. 18Neoopisthopterus cubanus Hildebrand, 1948 · Cuban longfin herringocean · tropical
19. 19Neoopisthopterus tropicus (Hildebrand, 1946) · Tropical longfin herringbrackish · ocean · tropical
20. 20Odontognathus compressus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 · Caribbean longfin herringbrackish · ocean · tropical
21. 21Odontognathus mucronatus Lacepède, 1800 · Guiana longfin herringfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
22. 22Odontognathus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) · Panama longfin herringbrackish · ocean · tropical
23. 23Opisthopterus dovii (Günther, 1868) · Dove's longfin herringbrackish · ocean · tropical
24. 24Opisthopterus effulgens (Regan, 1903) · Vaqueira longfin herringfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
25. 25Opisthopterus equatorialis Hildebrand, 1946 · Equatorial longfin herringbrackish · ocean · tropical
26. 26Opisthopterus macrops (Günther, 1867) · Bigeyed longfin herringocean · tropical
27. 27Opisthopterus tardoore (Cuvier, 1829) · Tardoorebrackish · ocean · tropical
28. 28Opisthopterus valenciennesi Bleeker, 1872 · Slender tardoorbrackish · ocean · tropical
29. 29Pellona altamazonica Cope, 1872fresh · tropical
30. 30Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847 · Amazon pellonafresh · brackish · tropical
31. 31Pellona dayi Wongratana, 1983 · Day's pellonabrackish · ocean · tropical
32. 32Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847 · Indian pellonafresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
33. 33Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837) · Yellowfin river pellonafresh · brackish · subtropical
34. 34Pellona harroweri (Fowler, 1917) · American coastal pellonabrackish · ocean · tropical
35. 35Pliosteostoma lutipinnis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) · Yellowfin herringocean · tropical
36. 36Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829 · Amazon hatchet herringfresh · brackish · tropical
37. 37Pristigaster whiteheadi Menezes & de Pinna, 2000fresh · tropical
38. 38Raconda russeliana Gray, 1831 · Racondabrackish · ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.