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Engraulidae
Sabretoothed thryssa
Lycothrissa crocodilus
Keeled scutes on belly
- Tropical
- Estuary
- Regional distribution
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
MediumSabretoothed thryssa is known from Asia as a migratory fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Lycothrissa
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: rivers, lakes and estuaries of Banjermasin, Pontianak, Sinkawang, middle part of Kapuas River, Kalimantan; Banjuasin, Palembang, Djambi, Sumatra; Chao Praya River as far up as Lake Bueng-borapet or 210 km from the sea, Thailand; Tonle Sap, Cambodia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
