Thryssa stenosoma Wongratana, 1983

Saren, Saresh C., Sengupta, Anwesha & Mishra, Subhrendu S., 2019, First record of Thryssa stenosoma Wongratana (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, East Coast of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (1) : -

Thryssa stenosoma Wongratana, 1983

1983. Thryssa (Scutengraulis) stenosoma Wongratana, Jap. J. Ichthyol. , 29 (4): 404, Fig. 23 (Type locality: Godavari estuary, Andhra Pradesh, east coast of India) .

1988. Thryssa stenosoma : Whitehead et al., FAO Fish Synop., 125 (7) 2: 444.

1991. Thryssa stenosoma : Talwar and Jhingran, Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries, 2: 147.

Material examined: ZSI F 11607/2, 2 ex., 120-128 mm SL, Chilika Lagoon, Balugaon, 07-04-2016, collected by S.S. Mishra and party.

Diagnosis: Body elongate, laterally compressed; relatively slender, its depth 23.4-24.2 percent of Standard Length (SL); head length 18.0-19.2 percent of SL; snout 23.9-24.0 percent of Head Length (HL); belly with 16 prepelvic and 10 postpelvic keeled scutes, total 26 scutes; tip of snout at about above the level of eye-centre; maxilla long, reaching to pectoral fin base; first supra-maxilla very small and oval; teeth on lower jaw slightly enlarged; a prominent pre-dorsal spine present; dorsal fin with iii, 11 rays; anal fin with iii, 41-43 rays; pectoral fins with i, 12 rays; pelvic fin with i, 6 rays; gill rakers 13 on upper arm plus 18-19 on lower arm of first arch, serrae not clumped; brownish on back, flanks and belly silvery; mid-dorsal line with a pair of dark pigmented line; pectoral fins dusky; indistinct or no dark blotch behind upper part of gill opening.

Distribution: Known only from northern part on the Bay of Bengal, India: Godavari estuary, Andhra Pradesh and Hooghly estuary, West Bengal; Bangladesh and Myanmar ( Whitehead et al. 1988).