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

Stolephorus nelsoni, also known as Nelson's anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean.[2][3]

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).[4]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Gareth J. Nelson (b. 1937), of the American Museum of Natural History, for his “knowledge and classic works on the comparative anatomy and cladistic relationships among clupeoid fishes,” and for providing specimens of this species and suggesting that it might be an undescribed species.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hata, H. (2017). "Stolephorus nelsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T99008092A99008114. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T99008092A99008114.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 nelsoni" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ENGRAULIDAE Gill 1861 (Anchovies)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.


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