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Dorosomatidae
Ganges river gizzard shad
Gonialosa manmina
Dorosomatid Fish beneath the Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- South Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
SmallGanges river gizzard shad is known from Asia as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Gonialosa
- Maximum length
- 14.9 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Asia: rivers and associated water bodies of Sri Lanka, India (Ganges and other rivers of Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Assam), and Bangladesh. (The Andaman record is doubtful - perhaps Anodontostoma selangkat ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
