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Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Stolephorus: Greek, stole, -es = garment + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical
Western Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123745)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: gill rakers on first gill arch, in upper series 15-18 (modally 17), lower series 20-25 (23), total 35-42 (40); gill rakers on second gill arch, upper series 10-13 (11). lower series 18-23 (20), total 29-34 (31); gill rakers on third gill arch, in upper series 8-11 (10), lower series 10-13 (12), total 19-24 (22); gill rakers on fourth gill arch, in upper series 7-10 (8) , lower series 8-11 (10), total 15-20 (18); gill rakers on hind face of third gill arch 3-7 (6); prepelvic scutes 2-6 (4); transverse scales 8 or 9 (8); vertebrae 20-22 (21) + 20-22 (20) = 41-43 (41); with a short maxilla, posterior tip just reaching or slightly beyond anterior border of preopercle, 14.3-17.2% SL (mean 16.0%), 59.8-73.0% HL (68.5%); predorsal scutes absent; no spines on pelvic scute; posterior border of preopercle is convex, rounded; two pairs of dark patches on parietal and occipital regions, without a following pair of dark lines; absence of black spots below eye and lower-jaw tip; short pelvic fin, 5.6-9.2% SL (7.6%), 24.9-36.8% HL (32.5%), the posterior tip not reaching to vertical through dorsal-fin origin when depressed; pectoral fin short, 11.3-13.9% SL (12.8%), 47.0-59.9% HL (54.4%); head short, 21.3-25.1% SL (23.4%); body elongated, 14.6-20.4% SL (17.7%); distances from dorsal-fin origin to pectoral-fin insertion long, 29.9-37.3% SL (34.4%), 123.9-162.6% HL (147.6%); distance between pectoral- and pelvic-fin insertions long, 15.1-20.8% SL (18.9%), 60.6-95.1% HL (81.3%) (Ref. 123745).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hata, H., S. Lavoué and H. Motomura, 2021. Taxonomic status of nominal species of the anchovy genus Stolephorus previously regarded as synonyms of Stolephorus commersonnii Lacepède 1803 and Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt 1823), and descriptions of three new species (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyol. Res. 68(3):327-372. (Ref. 123745)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00220 - 0.01140), b=3.14 (2.96 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
