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New Jersey anchovy (Thryssa encrasicholoides)
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New Jersey anchovy (Thryssa encrasicholoides) specimen
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Engraulidae

New Jersey anchovy

Thryssa encrasicholoides

Ten Point Seven Centimeters Engraulid Fish of Australian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

New Jersey anchovy is a fish of Indo-Pacific. The largest recorded length is 10.7 cm. Its body is an elongated body.

Genus
Thryssa
Maximum length
10.7 cm
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka and India) and western Pacific (Java, Sulawesi, Timor, Ambon, the Philippines and northern Queensland). Presumably more widespread in the Indian Ocean, but not previously separated from Thryssa baelama .
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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