kempi, Engraulis Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1916:421, Fig. 4 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 15053] Off Barkul, Lower Chilka Lake, Orissa, India. Holotype: ZSI F8782/1. Paratypes: ZSI F8785/1 to 8799/1 (15). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:99 [ref. 20743]. •Synonym of Thrissina purava (Hamilton 1922) -- (Kottelat 2013:57 [ref. 32989], Hata et al. 2023:560 [ref. 40600]). •Synonym of Thryssa purava (Hamilton 1822) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:440 [ref. 5725], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:146 [ref. 20764], Anderson 2022:176 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Synonym of Thryssa purava (Hamilton 1822). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.