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Bengal Thryssa

Thryssa spinidens (Jordan & Seale 1925)

Diagnostic Description

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Belly with 16 (rarely 17) + 11 to 13 = 27 to 29 keeled scutes from isthmus to anus. Tip of snout on level with upper rim of eye. Maxilla moderate, projecting a little beyond gill cover; first supra-maxilla minute, usually absent; teeth in jaws enlarged, especially in lower jaw. A dark blotch indistinct or absent behind upper part of gill opening; no dark lines along back.
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Crispina B. Binohlan
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 41 - 45
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Biology

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Presumably schooling and inshore. More data needed.
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