Thryssa adelae
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| name = Swatow thryssa
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Thryssa adelae
| authority = (Rutter, 1897)
| synonyms = * Trichosoma adelae Rutter, 1897
- Setipinna adelae (Rutter, 1897)
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Thryssa adelae, the Swatow thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean. Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
Size
This species reaches a length of {{cvt|13.6|cm}}.{{FishBase |genus= Thryssa |species= adelae| month = February | year = 2015}}
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of American Baptist missionary Adele M. Fielde (1839–1916), who sent a collection of fishes from the port of Swatow, China, including the type specimen of this fish, to the University of Indiana in 1885.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/engraulidae/ | title = Family ENGRAULIDAE Gill 1861 (Anchovies) | access-date= 27 April 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
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Category:Taxa named by Cloudsley Louis Rutter
Category:Fish described in 1897
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