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Stolephorus rex Jordan & Seale, 1926

Commerson’s anchovy
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from Panay (Oton fish market), Ragay Gulf, Leyte (Dupon Bay, Guint R.) and Malabon (Ref. 123745)
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Main Ref: Hata, H., S. Lavoué and H. Motomura, 2021
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Stolephorus: Greek, stole, -es = garment + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 1 - ? m (Ref. 123745).   Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: India to Indonesia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123745)

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: gill rakers of first gill arch 16-19 (modally 18) in upper series and 22-24 (21) in lower series, 39-43 (42) in total; gill rakers on second gill arch, 11-14 (13) in upper series, 20-24 (21) in lower series, 32-38 (35) in total; gill rakers on third gill arch, 9-12 (10) in upper series, 11-15 (13) in lower series, 21-26 (23) in total; gill rakers on fourth gill arch, 7-10 (9) in upper series, 8-12 (11) in lower series, 16-22 (20) in total; gill rakers 3-8 (5) on hind face of third gill arch; prepelvic scutes 2-5 (4); transverse scales 8-9 (8); vertebrae 20-21 (20) + 19-20 (19) = 39-40 (39); maxilla rather long, posterior tip just reaching or slightly beyond posterior margin of preopercle, 19.1-23.1% SL (mean 20.8%), 73.7-87.0% HL (81.2%); predorsal scutes absent; pelvic scute no spine; posterior border of preopercle convex, rounded; two pairs of dark patches on parietal and occipital regions; with a pair of dark lines on dorsum from parietal region to dorsal-fn origin; black spots below eye and lower-jaw tip absent; posterior tip of depressed pelvic fin reaching to vertical through 2nd to 6th dorsal-fin origin; head is short, 24.3-27.6% SL (mean 25.6%) (Ref. 123745).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Hata, H., S. Lavoué and H. Motomura, 2021. Taxonomic status of nominal species of the anchovy genus Stolephorus previously regarded as synonyms of Stolephorus commersonnii Lacepède 1803 and Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt 1823), and descriptions of three new species (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyol. Res. 68(3):327-372. (Ref. 123745)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00259 - 0.01222), b=3.18 (3.00 - 3.36), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).