Thryssa baelama

Baelama anchovy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Genus:	Thryssa
Species:	T. baelama
Binomial name
	Thryssa baelama; (Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms
	Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775; Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775); Scutengraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775); Thrissa baelama (Forsskål, 1775); Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775); Thrissocles baelama (Forsskål, 1775); Engraulis boelama (Forsskål, 1775); Engraulis brelama (Forsskål, 1775); Thrissina baelana (Forsskål, 1775); Thrissina baelma (Forsskål, 1775); Thryssa baelema (Forsskål, 1775); Thryssina baelama (Forsskål, 1775);

Thryssa baelama, the Baelama anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 16.0 cm (6.3 in).[2]

Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Thryssa baelama" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

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