Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 27. Body moderately elongate, belly keeled, with 7 to 9 + 4 to 6 scutes. Snout blunt, pre-maxillae small and toothed, prominent teeth a symphysis and along sides of lower jaw; second supra-maxilla paddle-shaped, about half length of maxilla. Pectoral axillary scale minute or absent. Last two anal fin rays forming a separate finlet.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Ehiravidae

Genus: Clupeichthys

Species: Clupeichthys perakensis (Herre, 1936)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits rivers and canals including peat tributaries, feeding mainly on zooplankton and insect (Ref. 57235).

Habitat

pelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless