Thryssa hamiltonii, or Hamilton's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. The species is found in the tropical western Indo-Pacific region: mainly, the eastern direction near Myanmar, Taiwan, the northern head of Australia and Papua New Guinea and possibly the Philippines.[2]
Hamilton's thryssa | |
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Thryssa hamiltonii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Genus: | Thryssa |
Species: | T. hamiltonii
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Binomial name | |
Thryssa hamiltonii |
Etymology
editAlthough the patronym was not identified by Gray, T. hamiltonii was clearly named in honor of Francis Hamilton-Buchanan (1762–1829), Scottish physician and naturalist, who published an influential account of Indo-Gangetic fishes in 1822.[3]
References
edit- ^ Di Dario, F. (2019) [errata version of 2018 assessment]. "Thryssa hamiltonii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T166863A143829091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T166863A143829091.en. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thryssa hamiltonii". FishBase. May 2015 version.
- ^ Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (22 September 2018). "Order CLUPEIFORMES: Family DENTICIPITIDAE, PRISTIGASTERIDAE, ENGRAULIDAE and CHIROCENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 November 2018.