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Common names: Cigana
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 85272.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/fiji/fiji.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
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Common names from other countries

Sardel apijská, 萨摩亚侧带小公鱼, Samoa stolefoor, ... more

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> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Stolephorus: Greek, stole, -es = garment + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Seale.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά); εύρος βάθους 0 - 50 m (Ref. 189). Tropical; 2°S - 20°S, 174°E - 171°W (Ref. 189)

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Central Pacific: Fiji and Samoa.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 128118)

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: gill rakers on first gill arch, upper series 20-24 (modally 21), lower series 27-30 (29), total 48-53 (50); gill rakers on second gill arch upper series 14-17 (15), lower series 25-30 (26), total 40-47 (41); gill rakers on third gill arch, upper series 11-13 (12), lower series 13-16 (15), total 24-29 (26); gill rakers on fourth gill arch, upper series 8-10 (8), lower series 10-13 (12), total 19-22 (20); prepelvic scutes 2-5 (4); upper jaw long, its posterior tip slightly short of or just reaching to posterior border of preopercle; predorsal scutes absent; pelvic scute no spine; posterior border of preopercle convex, rounded; parietal and occipital regions with obscure paired dark patches, without following dark lines; no black spots below eye and lower-jaw tip; body relatively elongate, its depth 17.0-20.0% of SL (mean 18.7%); anal-fn base long, its length 20.2-23.3% of SL (21.2%); caudal peduncle relatively short, its length 14.4-18.3% of SL (16.4%); posterior tip of pelvic fin reaching to the second–fifth dorsal-fin ray origin (Ref. 128118).

A schooling species in shallow coastal waters. Used as bait in the tuna fishery in the South Pacific, although rare in bait catches in Fiji and Samoa.

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Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2018. Stolephorus insignus, a new anchovy from the western Pacifc, and redescription of Stolephorus apiensis (Jordan and Seale 1906) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyol. Res.1-9. (Ref. 128118)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 February 2017

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά); δόλωμα: usually

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27 - 27.7, mean 27.2 (based on 8 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00259 - 0.01222), b=3.18 (3.00 - 3.36), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179): Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Stolephorus apiensis (Jordan & Seale, 1906)