Coilia dussumieri, the goldspotted grenadier anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in coastal waters and estuaries in the tropical western Indo-Pacific region.
| Goldspotted grenadier anchovy | |
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| Coilia dussumieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Genus: | Coilia |
| Species: | C. dussumieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Coilia dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848)[1]
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Biology edit
C. dussimieri is a coastal and estuary fish species. They are saline water fish but are also able to tolerate lowered salinity. They feed on copepods, prawn and fish larvae, various unidentified crustaceans and cypris, and other invertebrates. It is likely that they migrate into estuaries for breeding purposes.[2]
Distribution edit
This species is mainly found in coastal waters around India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. It can also be found in areas from Thailand south to the Malay Peninsula and Java.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Coilia dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848)". FishBase. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994. SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p.
- ^ Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd edition, Zoological Society of Bangladesh, Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, pp. 265-266.
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