WoRMS taxon details
Thryssa purava (Hamilton, 1822)
275561 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275561)
accepted
Species
Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Engraulis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1916 · unaccepted
Engraulis kempi Chaudhuri, 1916 · unaccepted
Engraulis purava (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Engraulis rambhae Chaudhuri, 1916 · unaccepted
Thrissa purava (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Thryssa megastoma Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 238, 382 [details]
page(s): 238, 382 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Thryssa purava (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275561 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 238, 382 [details]
original description (of Engraulis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1916) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1916). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Fish. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 403-439. [details]
original description (of Engraulis kempi Chaudhuri, 1916) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1916). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Fish. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 403-439. [details]
original description (of Engraulis rambhae Chaudhuri, 1916) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1916). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Fish. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 403-439. [details]
page(s): 238, 382 [details]
original description (of Engraulis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1916) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1916). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Fish. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 403-439. [details]
original description (of Engraulis kempi Chaudhuri, 1916) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1916). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Fish. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 403-439. [details]
original description (of Engraulis rambhae Chaudhuri, 1916) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1916). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Fish. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 403-439. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis kempi Chaudhuri, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis rambhae Chaudhuri, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Thrissa purava (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Engraulis purava (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Thryssa megastoma Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thryssa purava)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis rambhae Chaudhuri, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis purava (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis kempi Chaudhuri, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissa purava (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Thryssa megastoma Swainson, 1839)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis kempi Chaudhuri, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis rambhae Chaudhuri, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Thrissa purava (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Engraulis purava (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Thryssa megastoma Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thryssa purava)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis rambhae Chaudhuri, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis purava (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis kempi Chaudhuri, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Thrissa purava (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Thryssa megastoma Swainson, 1839)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Clupea purava Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
