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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; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 15 m (Ref. 131038). Tropical
Western Pacific: Palau,
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 131038)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 38 - 39. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: maxilla short, 15.9-17.8% of
SL, posterior tip just reaching to or slightly beyond anterior margin of preopercle (just short of anterior margin in individuals < 3.6 cm SL); posterior margin of preopercle convex, rounded; predorsal scutes absent; prepelvic scutes 1-4 (modally 4); pelvic scute no spine; dorsal fin with three unbranched and 12-14 (13) branched rays; anal fin with three unbranched and 18-19 (18) branched rays, the origin located just below base of ninth to eleventh dorsal-fin ray; gill rakers at first (1) gill arch, upper (1UGR) 20-24 + lower (1LGR) 30-34 = 50-56 (1TGR); 2UGR 15-18 + 2LGR 26-30 = 2TGR 42-48; 3UGR 12-13 + 3LGR 15-17 = 3TGR 27-30; 4UGR 9-10 + 4LGR 12-14 = 4TGR 21-24; gill rakers 5-7 on the posterior face of third gill arch; transverse scales 8; pseudobranchial filaments 16-21; total vertebrae 38 or 39; pelvic fin short, 10.2-11.3% of SL, depressed tip reaching posteriorly to vertical through 3rd to 6th dorsal-fin ray origin; pectoral fin short, 15.9-16.3% of SL; predorsal fin length short, 50.1-53.6% of SL; caudal peduncle rather long, 16.8-18.6% of SL; body slender, 16.8-19.0% of SL, distance between dorsal-fin origin and pelvic-fin insertion 20.1-23.4% of SL, between origins of dorsal and anal fins 19.1-20.3%. Colouration: pairs of dark patches on parietal and occipital areas; no dark lines on dorsum; black spots on the tips of snout and lower jaw, but not on suborbital area; melanophores scattered on second to eigth uppermost pectoral-fin rays (Ref. 131038).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2024. A new species of the anchovy genus Stolephorus Lacepède 1803, and redescriptions of Stolephorus carpentariae (De Vis 1882) and Stolephorus holodon (Boulenger 1900) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyol. Res. (2024). (Ref. 131038)
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 = 0.5000 [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).
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