THRYSSA BAELAMA - (FABRICIUS, 1775)
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Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeoidei (Suborder) > Engraulidae (Family) > Coiliinae (Subfamily) > Thryssa (Genus)
Anchois-moustache sardin, Petite sardine, Little priest, Baelama anchovy, Hairfin anchovy, Short-jawed anchovy, Ocar baelama, Bocarte belama, Ainoko iwashi, オオイワシ,أنشوفة شارب سردين , 貝拉棱鯷
Synonymes
Anchovia evermanni (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Clupea baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Clupea tuberculosa (Lacepède, 1803)
Engraulis baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Engraulis boelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Engraulis brelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Engraulis macrops (Kishinouye, 1911)
Engraulis nesogallicus (Bennett, 1832)
Engraulis polynemoides (Günther, 1868)
Engraulis samam (Montrouzier, 1857)
Scutengraulis baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissa baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissina baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissina baelana (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissina baelma (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissocles baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Thryssa baelema (Fabricius, 1775)
Thryssina baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
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Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-16; Anal soft rays: 29-34; Pectoral fin rays: 1 unbranched, 12-13 branched; Pelvic fin rays: 1 unbranched, 7 branched; Anal fin origin behind last dorsal ray. Scales caducous: 37-38 in lateral series. Scutes present before and behind pelvic-fin base (total): 12-18 scutes; No scutes before pectoral-fin origin; 4-9 pre-pelvic scutes and 7-10 post-pelvic scutes; Occasionally, a single plate-like scute at isthmus. Body not strongly compressed; Body depth: 21.8-27.3 % of Standard Length. Head length: 25.8-29.3 % of Standard Length; Snout length: 4.1-5.7 % of Standard Length; Eye diameter: 5.7-7.0 % of Standard Length; Upper jaw length: 22.7-26.6 % of Standard Length, extension of maxilla beyond second supra-maxilla: 1.9-2.5 % of Standard Length; Lower jaw length: 18.8-22.4 % of Standard Length. Pseudobranch well-developed, slightly longer than eye diameter. Gill rakers moderately long and slender, 16-19 epibranchial and 20-23 ceratobranchial; Branchiostegal rays: 12-14. Maxilla short, reaching to just beyond front border of pre-operculum, tip pointed. Max. length: 16.0 cm SL, common length: 10.0 cm TL. Depth range: 0 - 50 m.
Color
Bluish to greenish grey dorsally, silvery on sides and ventrally; A patch of about 10 short orange venules extending posteriorly from upper part of gill opening; Snout and interorbital space orangish.
Etymology
Thryssa: Greek word for a kind of anchovy, derived from thrix, hair. Referring to their hair-like bones.
baelama: from its Arabic vernacular name, Láaf vel Baelama.
Original description: Clupea baelama Fabricius (ex Forsskål), 1775 - Type locality: no locality stated (Red Sea).
Distribution
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia) and Mariana Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) at 16°30'S, and New Caledonia.
Biology
Marine, pelagic and presumably schooling. Found mostly inshore in bays, lagoons, harbours, mangrove pools and estuaries, thus apparently able to tolerate lowered salinities. It contributes to general clupeoid catches, but no special fishery. Used as a baitfish in Pacific Ocean.
Similar species
Thryssa encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852) - Reported from Indo-West Pacific: India and Sri Lanka; Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. It has 1-2 small but armless keeled scutes immediately behind the isthmus.
Last update: 26, May 2022
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeoidei (Suborder) > Engraulidae (Family) > Coiliinae (Subfamily) > Thryssa (Genus)
Anchois-moustache sardin, Petite sardine, Little priest, Baelama anchovy, Hairfin anchovy, Short-jawed anchovy, Ocar baelama, Bocarte belama, Ainoko iwashi, オオイワシ,أنشوفة شارب سردين , 貝拉棱鯷
Synonymes
Anchovia evermanni (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Clupea baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Clupea tuberculosa (Lacepède, 1803)
Engraulis baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Engraulis boelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Engraulis brelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Engraulis macrops (Kishinouye, 1911)
Engraulis nesogallicus (Bennett, 1832)
Engraulis polynemoides (Günther, 1868)
Engraulis samam (Montrouzier, 1857)
Scutengraulis baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissa baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissina baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissina baelana (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissina baelma (Fabricius, 1775)
Thrissocles baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
Thryssa baelema (Fabricius, 1775)
Thryssina baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
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Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-16; Anal soft rays: 29-34; Pectoral fin rays: 1 unbranched, 12-13 branched; Pelvic fin rays: 1 unbranched, 7 branched; Anal fin origin behind last dorsal ray. Scales caducous: 37-38 in lateral series. Scutes present before and behind pelvic-fin base (total): 12-18 scutes; No scutes before pectoral-fin origin; 4-9 pre-pelvic scutes and 7-10 post-pelvic scutes; Occasionally, a single plate-like scute at isthmus. Body not strongly compressed; Body depth: 21.8-27.3 % of Standard Length. Head length: 25.8-29.3 % of Standard Length; Snout length: 4.1-5.7 % of Standard Length; Eye diameter: 5.7-7.0 % of Standard Length; Upper jaw length: 22.7-26.6 % of Standard Length, extension of maxilla beyond second supra-maxilla: 1.9-2.5 % of Standard Length; Lower jaw length: 18.8-22.4 % of Standard Length. Pseudobranch well-developed, slightly longer than eye diameter. Gill rakers moderately long and slender, 16-19 epibranchial and 20-23 ceratobranchial; Branchiostegal rays: 12-14. Maxilla short, reaching to just beyond front border of pre-operculum, tip pointed. Max. length: 16.0 cm SL, common length: 10.0 cm TL. Depth range: 0 - 50 m.
Color
Bluish to greenish grey dorsally, silvery on sides and ventrally; A patch of about 10 short orange venules extending posteriorly from upper part of gill opening; Snout and interorbital space orangish.
Etymology
Thryssa: Greek word for a kind of anchovy, derived from thrix, hair. Referring to their hair-like bones.
baelama: from its Arabic vernacular name, Láaf vel Baelama.
Original description: Clupea baelama Fabricius (ex Forsskål), 1775 - Type locality: no locality stated (Red Sea).
Distribution
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia) and Mariana Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) at 16°30'S, and New Caledonia.
Biology
Marine, pelagic and presumably schooling. Found mostly inshore in bays, lagoons, harbours, mangrove pools and estuaries, thus apparently able to tolerate lowered salinities. It contributes to general clupeoid catches, but no special fishery. Used as a baitfish in Pacific Ocean.
Similar species
Thryssa encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852) - Reported from Indo-West Pacific: India and Sri Lanka; Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. It has 1-2 small but armless keeled scutes immediately behind the isthmus.
Last update: 26, May 2022