Toli shad
The toli shad or Chinese herring is a fish of the family Clupeidae, a species of shad distributed in the western Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal to the Java Sea and the South China Sea. It may be found in Mauritius and the Cambodian Mekong near the Vietnam border. It inhabits fast-flowing, turbid estuaries and adjacent coastal waters.
Known as ikan terubok in Malaysia, T. toli is highly prized among Malaysians for its meat and eggs. Overfishing has depleted the population alarmingly in South East Asia, Regular breeding is carried out by local farmers in peninsular Malaysia to prevent extinct fish species. In Bangladesh, where it is known as Ilisha Chandana, it is commercially less important than T. ilisha. It is known as Daungdana in Myanmar, Trey Palung in Cambodia, Bhing in Maharashtra, Palwa in Gujarat, and Ullam / Seriya in Sri Lanka.
In Thailand T. toli was called Pla talumpuk or Pla lumpuk, its name is origin of Laem Talumphuk in Amphoe Pak Phanang, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, due to in the past, this place is found abundant T. toli.
Ascending rivers to breed. T. toli is distinguished from similar clupeids, except Hilsa kelee, by a distinct median notch in upper jaw. Biology of this protandrous hermaphrodite is presumed to be similar to that of Tenualosa ilisha, but the fewer gill rakers suggest an intake of larger species of zooplankton as food.
