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Engraulidae
Moustached thryssa
Thryssa mystax
Black spot behind gill slit with long jaw
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Fusiform
MediumMoustached thryssa is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. The largest recorded length is 19 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Thryssa
- Maximum length
- 19 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: western coast of India to Myanmar and south to Java, Indonesia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
