''Thryssa'' is a genus of

anchovies An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water. More than 140 species are placed in 1 ...

in the family

Engraulidae An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water. More than 140 species are placed in 1 ...

. Some authorities include the species from the genus '' Thrissina'' here. It contains the following species:

Species

* '' Thryssa adelae'' ( Rutter, 1897) (Swatow thryssa) * ''

Thryssa aestuaria ''Thryssa aestuaria'', the estuarine thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brac ...

'' ( J. D. Ogilby, 1910) (Estuarine thryssa) * '' Thryssa brevicauda'' T. R. Roberts, 1978 (Short-tail thryssa) * '' Thryssa dayi'' Wongratana, 1983 (Day's thryssa) * ''

Thryssa dussumieri ''Thryssa dussumieri'', the Dussumier's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. Size This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of Jean-Jacques Dussumier ...

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, 1848) (Dussumier's thryssa) * ''

Thryssa encrasicholoides ''Thryssa encrasicholoides'', the false baelama anchovy or New Jersey anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the all marine, brackish and freshwater systems. It is closely related to ''Thryssa baelama'' ...

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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Thryssa gautamiensis ''Thryssa gautamiensis'', the gautama thryssa, is a species of amphidromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. Description It is distributed throughout the eastern coast of India, around Sri Lanka, and possibly Myanmar. It is a small sch ...

'' Babu Rao, 1971 (Gautama thryssa) * ''

Thryssa hamiltonii ''Thryssa hamiltonii'', or Hamilton's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. The species is found in the tropical western Indo-Pacific region: mainly, the eastern direction near Myanmar, Taiwan, the northern head of A ...

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, 1835 (Hamilton's thryssa) * ''

Thryssa kammalensis ''Thryssa kammalensis'', the Kammal thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brack ...

'' (Bleeker, 1849) (Kammal thryssa) * ''

Thryssa kammalensoides ''Thryssa'' is a genus of anchovies in the family Engraulidae. Some authorities include the species from the genus '' Thrissina'' here. It contains the following species: Species * '' Thryssa adelae'' ( Rutter, 1897) (Swatow thryssa) * '' Thrys ...

'' Wongratana, 1983 (Godavari thryssa) * ''

Thryssa malabarica ''Thryssa malabarica'', the Gautama thryssa or Malabar anchovy, is a species of amphidromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is known as Balal parattaya in Sinhalese. Description It is distributed throughout the Indian Ocean of c ...

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, 1795) (Malabar thryssa) * ''

Thryssa marasriae ''Thryssa marasriae'', the Marasri's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brac ...

'' Wongratana, 1987 (Marasri's thryssa) * ''

Thryssa mystax ''Thryssa mystax'', the moustached thryssa or Gangetic anchovy, is a species of oceanodromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the tropical western Indo-Pacific region from India, Sri Lanka to Myanmar and south to Java, a ...

'' (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Moustached thryssa) * '' Thryssa polybranchialis'' Wongratana, 1983 (Humphead thryssa) * ''

Thryssa purava ''Thryssa'' is a genus of anchovies in the family Engraulidae. Some authorities include the species from the genus '' Thrissina'' here. It contains the following species: Species * '' Thryssa adelae'' ( Rutter, 1897) (Swatow thryssa) * '' Thrys ...

'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Oblique-jaw thryssa) * ''

Thryssa rastrosa ''Thryssa rastrosa'', the Fly River thryssa, is a species of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in Oceania. Size This species reaches a length of . References

Thryssa, rastrosa Taxa named by Tyson R. ...

'' T. R. Roberts, 1978 (Fly River thryssa) * ''

Thryssa scratchleyi The freshwater anchovy or New Guinea thryssa (''Thryssa scratchleyi'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is native to Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat ''Thryssa scratchleyi'' is known to be found in ...

'' ( E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Freshwater anchovy) * '' Thryssa setirostris'' (

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, 1782) (Longjaw thryssa) * '' Thryssa spinidens'' (

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& Seale, 1925) (Bengal thryssa) * '' Thryssa stenosoma'' Wongratana, 1983 (Slender thryssa)

References

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