Thryssa purava

Anchovy - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Clupeiformes
Family	:	Engraulidae
Genus	:	Thryssa
Species	:	Thryssa purava

Common Names:

English	:	Anchovy[1211] Longjaw thryssa [1186] Oblique-jaw thryssa[1192] Gangetic Thryssa[1174]
Bangla	:	Data not available

Synonyms:

Data not available

Maximum Length and Weight:

116 mm (TL) ^[5]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.8-5.9 : 4.7-4.9 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 4 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : .7 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 1 ^[5]
Inter orbial width : Eye Diameter = 1 : 1 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. I/13; P₁. 14; P₂. 6; A. 42-47 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D iii 9-12; A iii 38- 44; P i 14; V i 6 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

27 abdominal scutes. 46 scales on lateral line. 11 scales after pelvic fin base. 16 scales before pelvic fin base. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Data Deficient (DD)	(Version 3.1) [602]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [289]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[70] India[855] Myanmar[447] Pakistan[855] Sri Lanka[447] Bangladesh[5] India[855] Myanmar[447] Pakistan[855] Sri Lanka[447]
Bangladesh	:	Sandha river, Pirojpur[1206] Agunmukha river, Patuakhali[1208]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available