Thryssa purava

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| name = Oblique-jaw thryssa

| image = Engraulis purava Achilles 157.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Munroe, T.A. |year= 2018 |title=Thryssa purava |errata= 2019 |page= e.T99086293A143842621 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T99086293A143842621.en|access-date=22 September 2023}}

| taxon = Thryssa purava

| authority = (F. Hamilton, 1822)

| synonyms = {{Specieslist

|Clupea purava|Hamilton, 1822

|Engraulis annandalei|Chaudhuri, 1916

|Engraulis purava|(Hamilton, 1822)

|Thrissa purava|(Hamilton, 1822)

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Thryssa purava, the oblique-jaw thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Indian 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.