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Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Stolephorus: Greek, stole, -es = garment + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335); concursus: Name from Latin 'concursus' meaning crowd, referring to the schooling habit of this species.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Fiji and Tonga.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123901)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: long maxilla, 22.5–25.2% SL (mean 23.7%), its posterior tip slightly short of or extending beyond posterior margin of opercle; no predorsal scute; pelvic scute without spine; gill rakers on first gill arch, 16-18 (modally 17) in upper series, 21-23 (23) in lower series, total 38-41 (39); gill rakers on second gill arch, 11-13 (12) in upper series, 19-22 (20) in lower series, total 30-34 (32); gill rakers on third gill arch, 9-10 (9) in upper series, 10-12 (12) in lower series, total 19-22 (21); gill rakers on fourth gill arch, 7-9 (8) in upper series, 9-11 (10) in lower, total 16-19 (18); gill rakers 4-6 (5) on hind face of third gill arch; prepelvic scutes 3-6 (6); transverse scales 8-9 (8); pseudobranchial filaments 19-25 (22); pelvic fin when depressed extending posteriorly beyond vertical through dorsal-fin origin; snout long, 4.8-5.4% SL (mean 5.0%); pectoral fin, 16.5-18.1% SL (17.0%); pelvic fin long, 9.5-10.6%SL (10.1%); head large, 26.4-28.5% SL (27.4%); lower jaw long, 19.1-20.7% SL (19.9%). Colouration: with paired dark patches on parietal and occipital regions without a following pair of dark lines; numerous black spots on suborbital area, snout, and lower-jaw tip(Ref. 123901).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2021. Two new species of Stolephorus (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the western Pacific. Raffles Bull. Zool. 69:109-117. (Ref. 123901)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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): 3.3 ±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).
