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Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795)

Bloch's gizzard shad
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India country information

Common names: Balangi, Balangi, Balango
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Sen, T.K., 1987
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found along Mumbai, Karnataka and Kerala coast (Ref. 45255) and Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108). Common during winter months (Ref. 33273). Also Ref. 188, 3259.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Chardin gros nez, Machuelo narigón, صابوغة كبيرة الأنف, ... more

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Nematalosa: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม; น้ำจืด; กร่อย; ปลาที่อพยพจากแหล่งน้ำเค็มไปวางไข่ในแหล่งน้ำจืด (Ref. 51243); ระดับความลึก 0 - 30 m (Ref. 6898).   Tropical; 38°N - 1°N, 47°E - 136°E (Ref. 188)

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