Thryssa baelama

Baelama anchovy
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Genus:	Thryssa
Species:	T. baelama
Binomial name
	Thryssa baelama; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Anchovia apiensis evermanni Jordan & Seale, 1906 ; Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775 ; Engraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775) ; Engraulis macrops Kishinouye, 1911 ; Engraulis nesogallicus Bennett, 1832 ; Engraulis polynemoides Günther, 1868 ; Engraulis samam Montrouzier, 1857 ; Scutengraulis baelama (Forsskål, 1775) ; Thrissa baelama (Forsskål, 1775) ; Thrissina baelama (Forsskål, 1775) ; Thrissocles 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.^[3]

Size

This species reaches a length of 16 cm (6.3 in).^[4]

^ Di Dario, F. & Williams, J.T. (2017). "Thryssa baelama". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T196319A2445194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T196319A2445194.en. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ Bailly, Nicolas (2008). "Thryssa baelama (Forsskål, 1775)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ 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.). "Thryssa baelama". FishBase. February 2015 version.

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