Thryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Whitehead, 1965b | Whitehead & Wongratana, 1984b .
  • Common names : Snor-glasneus (Afrikaans), Sardel javska / Sardel savlovita (Czech), Anchovy / Long-horned anchovy / Longjaw glassnose / Longjaw thryssa / Orangemouth thryssa / Thryssa (English), Harilik trissokl / Harilik trüssa (Estonian), Pitkäleukasardelli (Finnish), Anchois-moustache cornu (French), Ocar cornudo (Portuguese), Samaduul (Somali: Somalia), Bocarte de cuernos (Spanish), Dagaa / Dagaa-papa / Shembea (Swahili: Tanzania) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Harrison, 2001 .
  • Current distribution known : a broad ranging species, distributed in the Indian Ocean from the Gulf of Oman south to Port Alfred on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This species ranges eastwards along the coasts of India and Pakistan to the western Pacific, off Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Northern Australia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu .
  • Distribution_references : Whitehead, 1965b | Whitehead et al., 1988 | Whitehead & Wongratana, 1984b .
  • Food habits / trophic level : feeds mainly on crustaceans, like amphipods, zoea larvae, Acetes .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Whitehead et al., 1988 .
  • Habitat / home range : found in coastal inshore waters. This species has also been recorded as occupying estuarine habitats .
  • Habitat_references : Fischer et al., 1990 | Sommer et al., 1996 | Whitehead et al., 1988 | Whitehead & Wongratana, 1984b .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Whitehead, 1965b | Whitehead et al., 1988 | Whitehead & Wongratana, 1984b .
  • Size : 180 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Clupea setirostris Broussonet, 1782: no pagination, pl. 11. Type locality: Tanna Island, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific. No types known.
    • Thryssa macrognathos Bleeker, 1849: 14. Madura near Bangcallong, Kammal, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia. No types known.
  • Use and trade : taken by subsistence and artisanal fisheries throughout its range. Used as bait in the tuna fishery in the South Pacific. .