Thryssa gautamiensis
Thryssa gautamiensis, the gautama thryssa, is a species of amphidromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.[1]
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| Species: | T. gautamiensis |
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| Thryssa gautamiensis Babu Rao, 1971 | |
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 do not exceed 21.5 cm. The fish lack dorsal soft rays and only present 34 to 37 anal soft rays.
References
- "Thryssa-gautamiensis". fishbase.org.
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