Thryssa

Thryssa is a genus of anchovies in the family Engraulidae. Some authorities include the species from the genus Thrissina here.

Thryssa
Thryssa malabarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Subfamily:	Coiliinae
Genus:	Thryssa Cuvier, 1829[1]
Type species
Clupea setirostris Broussonet, 1782

It contains the following species:^[2]

Species

• Thryssa adelae (Rutter, 1897) (Swatow thryssa)
• Thryssa aestuaria (J. D. Ogilby, 1910) (Estuarine thryssa)
• Thryssa brevicauda T. R. Roberts, 1978 (Short-tail thryssa)
• Thryssa dayi Wongratana, 1983 (Day's thryssa)
• Thryssa dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848) (Dussumier's thryssa)
• Thryssa encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852) (False baelama anchovy)
• Thryssa gautamiensis Babu Rao, 1971 (Gautama thryssa)
• Thryssa hamiltonii J. E. Gray, 1835 (Hamilton's thryssa)
• Thryssa kammalensis (Bleeker, 1849) (Kammal thryssa)
• Thryssa kammalensoides Wongratana, 1983 (Godavari thryssa)
• Thryssa malabarica (Bloch, 1795) (Malabar thryssa)
• Thryssa marasriae Wongratana, 1987^[3] (Marasri's thryssa)
• Thryssa mystax (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Moustached thryssa)
• Thryssa polybranchialis Wongratana, 1983 (Humphead thryssa)
• Thryssa purava (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Oblique-jaw thryssa)
• Thryssa rastrosa T. R. Roberts, 1978 (Fly River thryssa)
• Thryssa scratchleyi (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Freshwater anchovy)
• Thryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782) (Longjaw thryssa)
• Thryssa spinidens (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1925) (Bengal thryssa)
• Thryssa stenosoma Wongratana, 1983 (Slender thryssa)