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''Gudusia'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the
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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 Extant or Least-concern species, least concern is ...
, 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

* Gudusia Dorosomatidae Fish of Asia Freshwater fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Clupeiformes-stub