Thryssa
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Thryssa is a genus of anchovies in the family Engraulidae. Some authorities include the species from the genus Thrissina here.
| Thryssa | |
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| Thryssa malabarica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Subfamily: | Coiliinae |
| Genus: | Thryssa Cuvier, 1829[1] |
| Type species | |
| Clupea setirostris Broussonet, 1782 | |
It contains the following species:[2]
Species
- Thryssa adelae (Rutter, 1897) (Swatow thryssa)
- Thryssa aestuaria (J. D. Ogilby, 1910) (Estuarine thryssa)
- Thryssa brevicauda T. R. Roberts, 1978 (Short-tail thryssa)
- Thryssa dayi Wongratana, 1983 (Day's thryssa)
- Thryssa dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848) (Dussumier's thryssa)
- Thryssa encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852) (False baelama anchovy)
- Thryssa gautamiensis Babu Rao, 1971 (Gautama thryssa)
- Thryssa hamiltonii J. E. Gray, 1835 (Hamilton's thryssa)
- Thryssa kammalensis (Bleeker, 1849) (Kammal thryssa)
- Thryssa kammalensoides Wongratana, 1983 (Godavari thryssa)
- Thryssa malabarica (Bloch, 1795) (Malabar thryssa)
- Thryssa marasriae Wongratana, 1987[3] (Marasri's thryssa)
- Thryssa mystax (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Moustached thryssa)
- Thryssa polybranchialis Wongratana, 1983 (Humphead thryssa)
- Thryssa purava (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Oblique-jaw thryssa)
- Thryssa rastrosa T. R. Roberts, 1978 (Fly River thryssa)
- Thryssa scratchleyi (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Freshwater anchovy)
- Thryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782) (Longjaw thryssa)
- Thryssa spinidens (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1925) (Bengal thryssa)
- Thryssa stenosoma Wongratana, 1983 (Slender thryssa)
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