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Scientific Name Thryssa dussumieri  (Valenciennes, 1848)
Common Name Dussumier's Thryssa
Type Locality Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat, India, Arabian Sea (originally no type locality).
Etymology Thryssa: Greek, thrissa, -es = shad. 
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Size 110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Indo-Pacific: coasts of Pakistan, India, Myanmar and south of Penang; apparently not yet found in Gulf of Oman or the Persian Gulf; Malaysia, Indonesia north to Taiwan, no records from Papua New Guinea or northern coasts of Australia.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2017.
Other Parameters Presumably schooling, mostly inshore and perhaps tolerating estuarine conditions. Marine and brackish conditions.
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Feeding In nature, feeds on diatoms when young and prawn larvae, copepods and cypris when larger. User data.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 21, pp 69.
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Last Update 2019 Oct 27 04:18 (species record created: 2014 Nov 17 02:32)