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Thryssa adelae

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Swatow thryssa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Thryssa
Species:
T. adelae
Binomial name
Thryssa adelae
(Rutter, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Trichosoma adelae Rutter, 1897
  • Setipinna adelae (Rutter, 1897)

Thryssa adelae, the Swatow thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean. [2]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 13.6 cm (5.4 in).[3]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of American Baptist missionary Adele M. Fielde (1839–1916), who sent a collection of fishes from the port of Swatow, China, including the type specimen of this fish, to the University of Indiana in 1885.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hata, H. (2017). "Thryssa adelae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T99079669A99079758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T99079669A99079758.en. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thryssa adelae". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ENGRAULIDAE Gill 1861 (Anchovies)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 April 2023.