Thryssa whiteheadi Wongratana 1983

Thryssa whiteheadi, the Whitehead's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean. ^[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 15.8 cm (6.2 in).^[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Peter J. P. Whitehead (1930–1993), of the British Museum (Natural History), whose 1965 review of Red Sea clupeoids “was a major step in understanding the species of this region”.^[3]

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