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Thryssa gautamiensis

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| name = Gautama thryssa

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Munroe, T.A. |year=2018 |title= Thryssa gautamiensis |errata = 2019 |page= e.T155280A143828915 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T155280A143828915.en |access-date=18 September 2023}}

| taxon = Thryssa gautamiensis

| authority = Babu Rao, 1971[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1442445 A New Anchovy, Thryssa gautamiensis n. sp. (Pisces: Engraulidae), from the Godavari Estuary, India]

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Thryssa gautamiensis, the gautama thryssa, is a species of amphidromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.{{FishBase|genus=Thryssa|species=gautamiensis|id=588|month=September|year=2023}}

Description

It is distributed throughout the eastern coast of India, around Sri Lanka, and possibly Myanmar. It is a small schooling fish found in depth of 20-50m. Maximum length does not exceed {{cvt|21.5|cm}}. The fish lack dorsal soft rays and only present 34 to 37 anal soft rays.

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References

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{{cite WoRMS |author= Bailly, Nicolas |year= 2008 |title= Thryssa gautamiensis Babu Rao, 1971|id= 275554 |access-date=18 September 2023}}

  • 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.

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Category:Fish of India

Category:Fish described in 1971

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