Family : Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
Order : Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Indian river shad
Fish Name : Gudusia chapra
Max size : 20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 1479)
Environment : pelagic; potamodromous
Climate : subtropical; 30°N - 17°N
Global Importance : fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Asia: rivers of India and Bangladesh affluent to the Bay of Bengal (chiefly the Ganges and Brahmaputra systems and the Mahanadi River of Orissa). Reported from Nepal (Ref. 9496) and Pakistan (Ref. 41236).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. Body fairly deep; 26 to 29 scutes along belly. A single triangular pectoral axillary scale; depressed tip of dorsal fin to behind vertical from anal fin origin. Hind margin of scales smooth. Dark blotch behind gill opening, often followed by a series of spots along flank. Gill rakers fine and numerous, increasing with size of fish (100 to 280 at 4 to 16 cm standard length).
Biology : Found in middle and upper reaches of rivers. Also occurs in ponds, beels, ditches and inundated fields (Ref. 1479). More data needed
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Whitehead, P.J.P.. 1985. (Ref. 188)

India country information
Common Names : Indian river shad, सुया, ಗೋಬ್ರಿ  , Chappera, Coori, Gobri, Gudua, Karati, Khira, Koroti, Palla, Pharanda, Suhia, Suiya, Wana manbi, Ganges shad, Khoira
Status : native
Salinity : freshwater
Uses : no uses