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Thryssa dayi Wongratana, 1983

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Thryssa dayi Wongratana, 1983
Name authority
Wongratana, 1983
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Clupeiformes
Family
Engraulidae
Genus
Thryssa
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderClupeiformes
  11. suborderClupeoidei Bleeker, 1859
  12. familyEngraulidae Gill, 1861
  13. subfamilyCoiliinae Bleeker, 1872
  14. genusThryssa Cuvier, 1829
  15. speciesThryssa dayi Wongratana, 1983

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Thryssa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Thryssa brevicauda Roberts, 1978EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
New Jersey anchovyThryssa encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa kammalensis (Bleeker, 1849)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa kammalensoides Wongratana, 1983EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa malabarica (Bloch, 1795)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa mystax (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
longjaw thryssaThryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa spinidens (Jordan & Seale, 1925)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa cultella (Hata & Motomura, 2019)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thryssa serena (Hata & Motomura, 2019)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 131 records assigned to Engraulidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Wongratana, T. (1983). Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 29 (4): 385–407. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:56NHW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.