WoRMS taxon details
Thryssa baelama (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 212291
AphiaID: 212291
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Engraulidae (Family) > Thryssa (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Thryssa Cuvier, 1829 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Anchovia apiensis evermanni Jordan & Seale, 1906 Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775 Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775) Engraulis boelama (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Engraulis brelama (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Engraulis macrops Kishinouye, 1911 Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832 Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868 Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857 Scutengraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775) Thrissa baelama (Forsskål, 1775) Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775) Thrissina baelma (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775) Thryssa baelema (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Thryssina baelama (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found mostly in inshore bays, lagoons, harbors, mangrove pools and estuaries, thus apparently able to tolerate lowered salinities. Inhabits turbid waters, forming large schools (Ref. 1602). Also caught using ringnets (Ref. 5213) [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212291 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thryssa baelama (Forsskål, 1775). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212291 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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