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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. |
Species Information | |
Size | 110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
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. |
Husbandry Information | |
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. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 21, pp 69. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2019 Oct 27 04:18 (species record created: 2014 Nov 17 02:32) |