Broadhead anchovy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Stolephorus
Species:
S. brachycephalus
Binomial name
Stolephorus brachycephalus
Wongratana, 1987\

Stolephorus brachycephalus, the broadhead anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean. [2][3]

Size

This species reaches a length of 4.2 cm (1.7 in).[4]

References

  1. Hata, H. (2017). "Stolephorus brachycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T99003622A99004270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T99003622A99004270.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.) (2015). "Stolephorus brachycephalus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.


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