Thryssa whiteheadi

Thryssa whiteheadi, the Whitehead's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean.

Size
This species reaches a length of 15.8 cm.

Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Peter J. P. Whitehead (1930–1993), of the British Museum (Natural History), whose 1965 review of Red Sea clupeoids “was a major step in understanding the species of this region”.