Biology:Gudusia chapra
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Short description: Species of fish
| Indian river shad | |
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| Species: | G. chapra
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| Gudusia chapra (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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Gudusia chapra, or the Indian river shad, is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae, occurring in rivers of India and Bangladesh draining to the Bay of Bengal (e.g. the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi River), and also reported from Pakistan and Nepal.[1] Outside the rivers it also occurs in ponds, beels, ditches and inundated fields.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Gudusia chapra" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ↑ Rahman, A.K.A., Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh, Zoological Society of Bangladesh, Department of Zoology, 1989, p. 364, Reference 1479, FishBase; Retrieved: 2008-01-17
Wikidata ☰ Q3760784 entry
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