Thrissina samam, Samam baelama anchovy

Thrissina samam (Montrouzier, 1857)

Samam baelama anchovy
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Coiliinae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical

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Western Pacific: from the Ogasawara Islands and Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, to Palau and New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129422)

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: short maxilla, 20.3-23.1% of SL, its posterior tip not reaching to posterior margin of opercle; first supramaxilla is elongated, longer than half length of second; lower jaw rather long, 18.7-21.2% of SL; abdomen with 4-8 + 8-10 = 13-16 keeled scutes; no scutes anterior to the pectoral fin; 1UGR (upper gill rakers of first gill arch) 14-16, 1LGR (lower gill rakers of first gill arch) 18-21, 1TGR (total gill rakers of first gill arch) 33-36; 2UGR 10-14, 2LGR 18-21, 2TGR 29-35; 3UGR 9-12, 3LGR 11-14, 3TGR 20-26; 4UGR 6-10, 4LGR 9-12, 4TGR 17-22; distinct black blotches on dorsal fin absent; caudal peduncle narrow, 9.0-10.6% (mean 9.7%) of SL; and long, 9.7-11.0% of SL; pre-dorsal-fin length 47.7-53.1% of SL; pre-anal-fin short, 63.2-68.3% of SL; distance between pelvic-fin insertion and anal-fin origin is rather short, 18.7-23.7% of SL; pectoral fin short, 16.9-19.1% of SL; pelvic fin short, 12.6-14.3% of SL; body elongated, 20.1-26.0% (mean 23.0%) of SL (Ref. 129422).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Hata, H., I.F. Mandagi and K.W.A. Masengi, 2023. Resurrection of nominal species previously regarded as junior synonyms of Thrissina baelama (Fabricius, 1775) and their re-descriptions (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71:279-302. (Ref. 129422)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804)
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00525 (0.00305 - 0.00902), b=3.23 (3.08 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278)
3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time 1.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (14 of 100). 🛈