Thryssa encrasicholoides

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False baelama anchovy
Thryssa encrasicholoides Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum (1906) (19370001401).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Thryssa
Species:
T. encrasicholoides
Binomial name
Thryssa encrasicholoides
(Bleeker, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Engraulis encrasicholoides Bleeker, 1851
  • Engraulis encrasicholoides Bleeker, 1852
  • Thrissina encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Engraulis duodecim Cope, 1867
  • Anchoa duodecim (Cope, 1867)
  • Engraulis baelama (non Forsskål, 1775) misapplied
  • Thrissina baelama (non Forsskål, 1775) misapplied
  • Thrissocles baelama (non Forsskål, 1775) misapplied
  • Thryssa baelama (non Forsskål, 1775) misapplied

Thryssa encrasicholoides, the false baelama anchovy or New Jersey anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the all marine, brackish and freshwater systems. It is closely related to , where the two different only by small structural aspects such as more caudal vertebrae and 1 or 2 keeled scutes without arms.[1]

Description[]

It is a small schooling fish found in depth of 20-50m. Maximum length do not exceed 10.7 cm. The fish lack dorsal soft rays and only present 24 to 28 anal soft rays.[1]

Distribution[]

Spreads all along the Indo-Pacific oceans from India, Sri Lanka, to Indonesia, the Philippines and northern Australia.[1]

See also[]

  • List of common commercial fish of Sri Lanka

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Thryssa-encrasicholoides". fishbase.org.
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