Thryssa mystax is silver, darker dorsally. There is a distinctive dark blotch behind upper part of gill opening, which can easily identify the species from other "Thryssa" species. Caudal fin is yellowish. It feeds on planktons, fish larva, and small crustaceans like shrimp larva. Thryssa mystax The moustached thryssa ("Thryssa mystax"), also known as Gangetic anchovy, is a species of oceanodromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the tropical western Indo-Pacific region from India, Sri Lanka to Myanmar and south to Java, and Indonesia. It is a small schooling fish found in depth of 0-50m. Maximum length do
Silver-banded whiting name is derived from the brilliant silvery longitudinal band which runs from the base of the pectoral fin to the base of the caudal fin. The body is an overall dull silvery white, while the breast and operculum are also a silvery colour. The upper portion of each dorsal spine and ray is sparsely dotted with black, while the other fins are hyaline. The silver-banded whiting is known only from a single island in the Western Central Pacific; Lumbucan Island in Palawan, a province of the Philippines. Nothing is known of the habitat or biology of this species, and total