Thryssa encrasicholoides
False baelama anchovy | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Genus: | Thryssa |
Species: | T. encrasicholoides
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Binomial name | |
Thryssa encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852)
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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[]
- ^ a b c "Thryssa-encrasicholoides". fishbase.org.
Categories:
- Fish of Thailand
- Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
- Fish described in 1852
- Thryssa