WoRMS taxon details
Thryssa baelama (Forsskål, 1775)
212291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212291)
accepted
Species
Anchovia apiensis evermanni Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Engraulis boelama (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Engraulis brelama (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Engraulis macrops Kishinouye, 1911 · unaccepted
Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832 · unaccepted
Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868 · unaccepted
Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857 · unaccepted
Scutengraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Thrissa baelama (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Thrissina baelana (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Thrissina baelma (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Thryssa baelema (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Thryssina baelama (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
Description Found mostly in inshore bays, lagoons, harbors, mangrove pools and estuaries, thus apparently able to tolerate lowered...
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Thryssa baelama (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212291 on 2025-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
original description (of Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857) Montrouzier, X. (1857). Essai sur le faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Ichthyologie. <em>Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2).</em> v. 8 (1856): 417-504. [details]
original description (of Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832) Bennett, E. T. (1832). Observations on a collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented by Mr. Telfair, with characters of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 165-169. [details]
original description (of Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [details]
basis of record Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [details]
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
original description (of Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857) Montrouzier, X. (1857). Essai sur le faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Ichthyologie. <em>Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2).</em> v. 8 (1856): 417-504. [details]
original description (of Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832) Bennett, E. T. (1832). Observations on a collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented by Mr. Telfair, with characters of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 165-169. [details]
original description (of Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [details]
basis of record Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis macrops Kishinouye, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Thrissina baelma (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Engraulis brelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Engraulis boelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thryssa baelama)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis macrops Kishinouye, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Scutengraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissa baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia apiensis evermanni Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Thryssa baelema (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis boelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissina baelma (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Thryssina baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis brelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase images (Thryssa baelama, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Scutengraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thryssa baelama FIN028110 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thryssa baelama FIN028111B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis macrops Kishinouye, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Thrissina baelma (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Engraulis brelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Engraulis boelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thryssa baelama)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis macrops Kishinouye, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Scutengraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissa baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia apiensis evermanni Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Thryssa baelema (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis boelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissina baelma (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Thryssina baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis brelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase images (Thryssa baelama, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Scutengraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thryssa baelama FIN028110 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thryssa baelama FIN028111B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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