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Whitehead'S Thryssa

Thryssa whiteheadi Wongratana 1983

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Diagnostic Description

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Belly with 25 to 27 (rarely 28) keeled scutes from isthmus to anus. Tip of snout above level of eye center, usually about level of upper rim of eye. Maxilla moderate, its tip projecting just a little beyond edge of gill cover; first supra-maxilla absent; jaw teeth slightly enlarged compared with other species. Blotch behind upper part of gill opening absent or very indistinct.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 40 - 43
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Biology

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Pelagic (Ref. 68964). Presumably schooling. More data needed. Apparently common but seldom seen in the market at Kuwait.
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Importance

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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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Thryssa whiteheadi

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Thryssa whiteheadi, the Whitehead's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 15.8 cm (6.2 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Peter J. P. Whitehead (1930–1993), of the British Museum (Natural History), whose 1965 review of Red Sea clupeoids “was a major step in understanding the species of this region”.[3]

References

  1. ^ Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Thryssa whiteheadi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ENGRAULIDAE Gill 1861 (Anchovies)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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Thryssa whiteheadi: Brief Summary

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Thryssa whiteheadi, the Whitehead's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean.

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