WoRMS taxon details
Gudusia chapra (Hamilton, 1822)
742989 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:742989)
accepted
Species
Alausa microlepis Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupanodon cagius Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupanodon chapra Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted (Original combination)
Clupea champil Gray, 1834 · unaccepted
Clupea chapra (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Clupea indica Gray, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupea suhia Chaudhuri, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gadusia chapra (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gudusia godanahiai Srivastava, 1968 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Clupanodon chapra 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): 248, 383 [details]
page(s): 248, 383 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gudusia chapra (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742989 on 2026-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupanodon chapra 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): 248, 383 [details]
original description (of Gudusia godanahiai Srivastava, 1968) Srivastava, G.J. (1968). Fishes of eastern Uttar Pradesh. <em>Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, India.</em> i–xxii + 1–163. [details]
original description (of Clupea suhia Chaudhuri, 1912) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1912). Descriptions of some new species of freshwater fishes from north India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> v. 7 (pt. 5) (art. 35): 437-444, Pls. 38-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.28243 [details]
original description (of Clupanodon cagius 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): 250, 383 [details]
original description (of Alausa microlepis Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 248, 383 [details]
original description (of Gudusia godanahiai Srivastava, 1968) Srivastava, G.J. (1968). Fishes of eastern Uttar Pradesh. <em>Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, India.</em> i–xxii + 1–163. [details]
original description (of Clupea suhia Chaudhuri, 1912) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1912). Descriptions of some new species of freshwater fishes from north India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> v. 7 (pt. 5) (art. 35): 437-444, Pls. 38-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.28243 [details]
original description (of Clupanodon cagius 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): 250, 383 [details]
original description (of Alausa microlepis Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Clupanodon chapra Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gudusia chapra)
To FishBase (from synonym Gudusia godanahiai Srivastava, 1968)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea suhia Chaudhuri, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa microlepis Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea indica Gray, 1834)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupanodon cagius Hamilton, 1822)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clupea champil Gray, 1834)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clupea chapra (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 109 proteins)
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 109 proteins) (from synonym Clupanodon chapra Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Clupanodon chapra Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gudusia chapra)
To FishBase (from synonym Gudusia godanahiai Srivastava, 1968)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea suhia Chaudhuri, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa microlepis Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea indica Gray, 1834)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupanodon cagius Hamilton, 1822)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clupea champil Gray, 1834)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clupea chapra (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 109 proteins)
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 109 proteins) (from synonym Clupanodon chapra Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
