Longjaw thryssa

Thryssa setirostris

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–82 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsApril, June, and November
How commonOccasional

About this species

Thryssa setirostris, the longjaw thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Thryssa setirostris”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 8 records
February: 12 records
March: 8 records
April: 22 records
May: 16 records
June: 21 records
July: 13 records
August: 7 records
September: 12 records
October: 14 records
November: 23 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–82 m · Deepest record: 92.5 m

0–10 m: 11 records
10–20 m: 13 records
20–30 m: 9 records
30–40 m: 6 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 6 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 14 records
26–28 °C: 31 records
28–30 °C: 38 records

Names and classification

English: Longjaw thryssa, Long-horned Anchovy, longjaw thryssa, New Guinea thryssa

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: bocarte de cuernos
French: anchois-moustache cornu
Thai: ปลาแมวงายาว
Simplified Chinese: 含西, 突鼻仔, 臭肉仔, 長吻劍鰶, 長頜棱鯷

Other scientific names: Clupea mystacina, Clupea seticornis, Clupea setirostris, Engraulis setirostris, Scutengraulis setirostris, Thrissa setirostris, Thrissocles setirostris, Thryssa macrognathos

Similar species

New Jersey anchovy
Thryssa encrasicholoides
Hamilton's Anchovy
Thryssa malabarica
Shorthead anchovy
Encrasicholina heteroloba
Japanese anchovy
Engraulis japonicus
Buccaneer anchovy
Encrasicholina punctifer
Commerson's anchovy
Stolephorus commersonnii

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,819 open-data records from 1782 to 2023.

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