phasa, Clupea Hamilton [F.] 1822:240, 382 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Brackish rivers of Bengal. No types known. •Valid as Setipinna phasa (Hamilton 1822) -- (Shrestha 1978:34 [ref. 15970], Whitehead et al. 1988:456 [ref. 5725], Ataur Rahman 1989:242 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:136 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:498 [ref. 23778] as phasae, Khan 2003:7 [ref. 27710], Ataur Rahman 2003:266 [ref. 31338], Shrestha 2008:49 [ref. 29923], Lavoué & Ho 2017:347 [ref. 35470]). Current status: Valid as Setipinna phasa (Hamilton 1822). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Distribution: Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka [? China, Korea, Malay and Thailand]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.