Malabar thryssa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Genus: | Thryssa |
Species: | T. malabarica
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Binomial name | |
Thryssa malabarica (Bloch, 1795)
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Thryssa malabarica, the Gautama thryssa or Malabar anchovy, is a species of amphidromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.[2] It is known as Balal parattaya බළල් පරට්ටයා in Sinhalese.