| Citation | Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988, FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings.. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. |
| Ref. | Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988 |
| Page | 425; in part |
| Named Used as Valid | Thryssa baelama |
| Comment | Red Sea endemic; previous synonyms revalidated, distribution got fragmented (see Ref. 129422). |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Red Sea endemic. |
| Quote | Indo-Pacific occurrence (widespread in Indian Ocean, including Red Sea, coasts of East Africa to Madagascar and Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Andaman Islands, but no Indian specimens known (Ref. 189); and in western central Pacific, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, northern and eastern coasts of Australia, and eastward to Tonga (Ref. 189). No records are known from South China Sea or to the north, but the Ogasawara, Bonin Islands) refer to other species. |