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Stolephorus multibranchus

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Caroline anchovy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Stolephorus
Species:
S. multibranchus
Binomial name
Stolephorus multibranchus

Stolephorus multibranchus, also known as Caroline anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean.[2][3]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 6.0 cm (2.4 in).[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hata, H. (2017). "Stolephorus multibranchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T99006883A99006989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T99006883A99006989.en. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Four new species of Clupeoid fishes (Clupeidae and Engraulidae) from Australian waters by Thosaporn Wongratana Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:104-111 (1987)i".
  3. ^ Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stolephorus multibranchus". FishBase. February 2015 version.