Thryssa hamiltonii

Thryssa hamiltonii, or Hamilton's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It 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
Thryssa hamiltonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Thryssa
Species:
T. hamiltonii
Binomial name
Thryssa hamiltonii
Gray, 1835[2]

Etymology

Although the patronym was not identified but clearly 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

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Thryssa hamiltonii" in FishBase. May 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (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.
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