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Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Stolephorus: Greek, stole, -es = garment + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335); hindustanensis: Named after the Persian name of India (Hindustan), the type locality of the new species.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical
Distribution
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West Indian Ocean: India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130209)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: gill rakers on upper limb of 1st gill arch, 17-20 (modally 19), on lower limb 24-27 (26), total 42-46 (44); gill rakers on upper limb of 2nd gill arch, 13-15 (14), on lower limb 21-24 (24), total 35-39 (36); gill rakers on upper limb of 3rd gill arch 11 or 12 (11), on lower limb 13 or 14 (13), total 24-26 (24); gill rakers on upper limb of 4th gill arch 8 or 9 (9), on lower limb 10-12 (11), total 19-21 (20); prepelvic scutes 6 or 7 (6); total vertebrae 39 or 40 (39); maxilla long, posterior tip just reaching or slightly short of posterior margin of opercle; predorsal scutes absent; pelvic scute no spine; posterior margin of preopercle indented; parietal area with a pair of dark patches, with a few following pigment spots; distinct double pigment lines along dorsum posterior to dorsal fin; no black spots below eye and lower-jaw tip; body deep, 23.3-25.3% of SL; pre-anal-fin length is relatively long, 65.1-67.1% of SL; distance between the origins of dorsal and anal fins long, 23.4-25.7% of SL; distance between pelvic-fin insertion to anal-fin origin is relatively long, 19.0-21.5% of SL; pelvic fin long, 9.5-10.1% of SL; third dorsal-fin ray is long, 18.6-18.8% of SL; third anal-fin ray long, 15.7-16.1% of SL; postorbital area long, 51.0-53.5% of HL (Ref. 130209).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2022. Redescription of Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 and description of Stolephorus hindustanensis, a new anchovy from the Western Coast of India (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Taxonomy 2(1):124-135. (Ref. 130209)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±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).
