Gudusia chapra

Taxobox | name = Indian river shad


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Clupeiformes
familia = Clupeidae
genus = Gudusia
species = "G. chapra"
binomial = "Gudusia chapra"
binomial_authority = (Hamilton, 1822)

"Gudusia chapra" is a shad of the Clupeidae family, [Cheung, W.W.L., T.J. Pitcher and D.Pauly, A fuzzy logic expert system to estimate intrinsic extinction vulnerabilities of marine fishes to fishing Biological Conservation, 2005, p. 97-111, [http://www.fishbase.us/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=59153 Reference 59153] , FishBase; Retrieved: 2008-01-17] Rahman, A.K.A., Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh, Zoological Society of Bangladesh, Department of Zoology, 1989, p. 364, [http://www.fishbase.us/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=1479 Reference 1479] , FishBase; Retrieved: 2008-01-17] available in rivers of India and Bangladesh, chiefly the Ganges and Brahmaputra systems affluent to the Bay of Bengal. It is also found in Nepal, [Shrestha, J., Fishes, fishing implements and methods of Nepal, 1994, p. 150, [http://www.fishbase.us/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=9496 Reference 9496] , FishBase; Retrieved: 2008-01-17] Pakistan [Menon, A.G.K., Check list - fresh water fishes of India, Zoological Survey of India, 1999, p. 366, [http://www.fishbase.us/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=41236 Reference 41236] , FishBase; Retrieved: 2008-01-17] and the Mahanadi River of Orissa, India. Outside the rivers it also occurs in ponds, beels, ditches and inundated fields.

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