''Gudusia'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the
family
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Dorosomatidae
Dorosomatidae is a family of clupeiform fishes. It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae. It contains 31 extant
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, the gizzard shads and sardinellas. The fishes in this genus are found in rivers in southern Asia.
Species
''Gudusia'' contains the following species:
* ''
Gudusia chapra''
( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian river shad)
* ''
Gudusia variegata''
( F. Day, 1870) (Burmese river shad)
References
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Gudusia
Dorosomatidae
Fish of Asia
Freshwater fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
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