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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Dorosomatidae |
| Genus: | Gudusia |
| Species: | G. chapra
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| Gudusia chapra (Hamilton, 1822)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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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