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Thryssa gautamiensis

Species of ray-finned fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thryssa gautamiensis, the gautama thryssa, is a species of amphidromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.[3]

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Gautama thryssa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Thryssa
Species:
T. gautamiensis
Binomial name
Thryssa gautamiensis
Babu Rao, 1971[2]
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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 21.5 cm (8.5 in). The fish lack dorsal soft rays and only present 34 to 37 anal soft rays.

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