New Guinea thryssa (Thryssa scratchleyi)

Scientific name: Thryssa scratchleyi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886

New Guinea thryssa (Thryssa scratchleyi)

The New Guinea thryssa (Thryssa scratchleyi) is a freshwater fish of the family Engraulidae. Native range: Asia and Oceania, Papua New Guinea (Strickland and Fly Rivers), Indonesia (Lorentz River in Irian Jaya) and Australia (rivers entering the Gulf of Carpentaria).

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 35 - 42. Belly with 19 + 12 = 31 keeled scutes from isthmus to anus. Maxilla short, only reaching to front border of pre-operculum; first supra-maxilla about two thirds of second. No dark blotches on nape or behind upper part of gill opening.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Thryssa scratchleyi
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
40.0
Common length
20.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; catadromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Asia and Oceania: Papua New Guinea (Strickland and Fly Rivers), Indonesia (Lorentz River in Irian Jaya) and Australia (rivers entering the Gulf of Carpentaria).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Data deficient (DD)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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