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, where the two different only by small structural aspects such as more caudal vertebrae and one or two keeled scutes without arms.

Description

It is a small schooling fish found in depth of. Maximum length do not exceed. The fish lack dorsal soft rays and only present 24 to 28 anal soft rays.

Distribution

Spreads all along the Indo-Pacific oceans from India, Sri Lanka, to Indonesia, the Philippines and northern Australia.