| Sulawesi anchovy | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Genus: | Stolephorus |
| Species: | S. teguhi |
| Binomial name | |
| Stolephorus teguhi Seishi Kimura, K. Hori & Shibukawa, 2009 | |
Stolephorus teguhi, the Sulawesi anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean. [2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 7.7 cm (3.0 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Teguh Peristiwady, the Senior Scientist of the Technical Implementation Unit for Natural Biota Conservation, at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, for giving the authors the chance to collect specimens.[4]
References
- ↑ Hata, H. (2017). "Stolephorus teguhi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T99079032A99079056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T99079032A99079056.en. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ Kimura, S., K. Hori and K. Shibukawa, 2009. A new anchovy, Stolephorus teguhi (Clepeiformes: Engraulidae), from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ichthol. Res. 56(3):292-295.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Stolephorus teguhi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ 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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