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Thryssa hamiltonii (Gray, 1835)

Hamilton's thryssa
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Iraq country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Ziyadi, M.S.F., L.A. Jawad and M.A. Al-Mukhtar, 2018
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Khor Al-Zubair, North-West of the Arabian Gulf (Ref. 51878); entering Shatt-al-Arab, the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Ref. 115344); including Hammar Marsh, and to Nasiriyah on the Euphrates River (Ref. 109283).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.bim.ie/index.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hussain, N.A., A.K. Naiama and L.A.J. Al-Hassan, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Coiliinae
Etymology: Thryssa: Greek, thrissa, -es = shad (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Gray.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 13 m.   Tropical; 31°N - 25°S, 52°E - 152°E

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