FB-70860 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70860 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Blenniiformes Clinidae Heteroclinus Heteroclinus longicauda Hoese, Hay & Dibattista, 2024 Astral anchovy 2025-01-22 2025-01-23 Hata, H. and H. Motomura0 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. 72(1):98-116 (Ref. 131038) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70870 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70870 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: maxilla short, 15.9-17.8% ofSL, 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). 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. 72(1):98-116 (Ref. 131038) FB-Morphology-70870 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70870 Vertebrae: 38 - 39 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. 72(1):98-116 (Ref. 131038) FB-Distribution-70870 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70870 Western Pacific: Palau, 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. 72(1):98-116 (Ref. 131038) FB-Uses-70870 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70870 fisheries: commercial FB-Size-70870 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70870 5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 131038)) 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. 72(1):98-116 (Ref. 131038) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70870 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70870 pelagic-neritic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 15 m (Ref. 131038) 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. 72(1):98-116 (Ref. 131038)