FB-68466 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68466 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Stomiiformes Sternoptychidae Polyipnus Polyipnus laruei Vourey, Dupoux & Harold, 2017 2017-12-07 2017-12-07 Mary, A.A., T. Balasubramanian, S. Selvaraju and A. Shiny0 Description of a new species of clupeid fish, <i>Amblygaster indiana</i> (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), off Eraviputhenthurai, west coast of India. Zootaxa 4247(4):461-468. (Ref. 116583) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68475 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-12-16 00:00:00 2017-12-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68475 This species is distinguished by the following characters: bluish body, green on dorsum, with silvery flanks; presence of 2 fleshy outgrowths on posterior margin of opercle; deep body cylindrical, belly smooth and round, weakly keeled with eight circular-shaped pre-pelvic scutes; 7 branchiostegial rays; 7-14 fronto-parietalstriae; eyes huge; median notch on upper jaw; dorsal fin is inserted at about midpoint of body; pelvic fins are below dorsal fin base, fin rays 7; anal fin is very short and inserted far posterior to dorsal fin base; gill rakers 57-63; cycloid scales; posterior margin of the scales striated with many vertical lines from anterior of scale extending to centre of scale (Ref. 116583). Mary, A.A., T. Balasubramanian, S. Selvaraju and A. Shiny 2017 Description of a new species of clupeid fish, <i>Amblygaster indiana</i> (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), off Eraviputhenthurai, west coast of India. Zootaxa 4247(4):461-468. (Ref. 116583) FB-Morphology-68475 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-12-16 00:00:00 2017-12-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68475 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 19; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 17 - 19 Mary, A.A., T. Balasubramanian, S. Selvaraju and A. Shiny 2017 Description of a new species of clupeid fish, <i>Amblygaster indiana</i> (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), off Eraviputhenthurai, west coast of India. Zootaxa 4247(4):461-468. (Ref. 116583) FB-Distribution-68475 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-12-16 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68475 Western Indian Ocean: India. Mary, A.A., T. Balasubramanian, S. Selvaraju and A. Shiny 2017 Description of a new species of clupeid fish, <i>Amblygaster indiana</i> (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), off Eraviputhenthurai, west coast of India. Zootaxa 4247(4):461-468. (Ref. 116583) FB-Size-68475 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-12-16 00:00:00 2017-12-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68475 2.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 116583)) Mary, A.A., T. Balasubramanian, S. Selvaraju and A. Shiny 2017 Description of a new species of clupeid fish, <i>Amblygaster indiana</i> (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), off Eraviputhenthurai, west coast of India. Zootaxa 4247(4):461-468. (Ref. 116583) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68475 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-12-16 00:00:00 2017-12-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68475 pelagic-neritic; marine