Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Engraulidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Clupeiformes Genus Thryssa People also search for Thryssa aestuaria | |
False baelama anchovy (Thryssa encrasicholoides), also known as New Jersey anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the all marine, brackish and freshwater systems. It is closely related to Thryssa baelama, where the two different only by small structural aspects such as more caudal vertebrae and 1 or 2 keeled scutes without arms.
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Description
It is a small schooling fish found in depth of 20-50m. Maximum length do not exceed 10.7 cm. The fish lack dorsal soft rays and only present 24 to 28 anal soft rays.
Distribution
Spreads all along the Indo-Pacific oceans from India, Sri Lanka, to Indonesia, the Philippines and northern Australia.
References
Thryssa encrasicholoides Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA