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longjaw thryssa (Thryssa setirostris)
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Engraulidae

longjaw thryssa

Thryssa setirostris

Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters in Indo Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • West Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Thryssa setirostris, the longjaw thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.

Genus
Thryssa
Maximum length
18 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: India Ocean from Gulf of Oman south to Port Alfred, but no records from the Red Sea and Madagascar; coasts of Pakistan, India and probably Burma; Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines to Taiwan (Ref. 189 ), including Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ); also northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and New Hebrides (Ref. 189 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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