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Thryssa malabarica (Moustaced thryssa; Malbar anchovy; Malabar thryssa; Malabar anchovy)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Gautama Thryssa (Thryssa malabarica), also known as Malbar anchovy, is a species of amphidromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is known as "Balal parattaya - බළල් පරට්ටයා" in Sri Lanka.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Prey / Diet

Acetes indicus (jawla paste shrimp)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Leptomelanosoma indicum (Indian threadfin)[2]
Terapon jarbua (Tiger-perch)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Heteromazocraes dodecantha <Unverified Name>[4]
Leptomazocraes arabica[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE DEMERSAL FISHES OFF BOMBAY, C. SUSEELAN AND K.V. SOMASEKHARAN NAIR, 1969, Indian J. Fish. 16 : 56-74
♦ 3Stomach content analysis of Terapon jarbua (Forsskal) from Parangipettai coast, South East Coast of India, Manoharan J, Gopalakrishnan A, Varadharajan D, Thilagavathi B and Priyadharsini S, Adv. Appl. Sci. Res., 2012, 3(5):2605-2621
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0