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''Gudusia'' is a
clupeid Clupeidae is a family of ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa, and menhadens. The clupeoids include many of the most important food fishes in the world, and are also commonly caught for production of ...
fish genus involving two species of
shad The Alosinae, or the shads,Alosinae
in the rivers of
South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
and
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
: * ''
Gudusia chapra ''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 ...
'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian river shad) * ''
Gudusia variegata ''Gudusia'' is a clupeid fish genus involving two species of shad in the rivers of South and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, ...
'' ( F. Day, 1870) (Burmese river shad)


References

* Alosinae Fish of Asia Freshwater fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Clupeiformes-stub