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Bengal thryssa (Thryssa spinidens)
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Bengal thryssa (Thryssa spinidens) specimen
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Engraulidae

Bengal thryssa

Thryssa spinidens

Data Deficient Engraulid Fish of Bay of Bengal

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Bengal thryssa is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 16.5 cm.

Genus
Thryssa
Maximum length
16.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: northeastern Bay of Bengal, from Calcutta south to the Indian Ocean coast of Thailand, perhaps to Pinang.
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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