Gudusia chapra

Gudusia chapra
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Dorosomatidae
Genus:	Gudusia
Species:	G. chapra
Binomial name
	Gudusia chapra; (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
	Clupanodon chapra Hamilton, 1822 ; Clupea chapra (Hamilton, 1822) ; Clupanodon cagius Hamilton, 1822 ; Clupea indica Gray, 1834 ; Clupea champil Gray, 1834 ; Alausa microlepis Valenciennes, 1847 ; Clupea suhia Chaudhuri, 1912 ; Gudusia godanahiai Srivastava, 1968 ;

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.^[2] Outside the rivers it also occurs in ponds, beels, ditches and inundated fields.^[3]

References

↑ Chaudhry, S. (2010). "Gudusia chapra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T166523A6227899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166523A6227899.en. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gidusia chapra". FishBase. June 2024 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

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