Stolephorus
Encyclopedia
Stolephorus is a genus of fish
in the Engraulidae family.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Engraulidae family.
Species
It currently contains 20 species:- Stolephorus advenus Wongratana, 1987 (False Indian anchovy)
- Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966 (Andhra anchovy)
- Stolephorus apiensis (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& Seale, 1906) (Samoan anchovy) - Stolephorus baganensis Hardenberg, 1933 (Bagan anchovy)
- Stolephorus brachycephalus Wongratana, 1983 (Broadhead anchovy)
- Stolephorus carpentariae (De VisCharles Walter De VisCharles Walter de Vis , known as Devis before about 1882, was an English zoologist and ornithologist...
, 1882) (Gulf of Carpentaria anchovy) - Stolephorus chinensis (Günther, 1880) (China anchovy)
- Stolephorus commersonnii Lacépède, 1803 (Commerson's anchovy)
- Stolephorus dubiosus Wongratana, 1983 (Thai anchovy)
- Stolephorus holodon (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1900) (Natal anchovy) - Stolephorus indicus (van HasseltJohan Coenraad van HasseltJohan Coenraad van Hasselt was a Dutch physician, zoologist, botanist and mycologist.Coenraad van Hasselt studied medicine at the University of Groningen....
, 1823) (Indian anchovy) - Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 (Hardenberg's anchovy)
- Stolephorus multibranchus Wongratana, 1987 (Caroline anchovy)
- Stolephorus nelsoni Wongratana, 1987 (Nelson's anchovy)
- Stolephorus pacificus W. J. Baldwin, 1984 (Pacific anchovy)
- Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 (Ronquillo's anchovy)
- Stolephorus shantungensis (G. L. Li, 1978)
- Stolephorus teguhi Se. Kimura, Hori & Shibukawa, 2009 (Sulawesi anchovy)
- Stolephorus tri (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1852) (Spined anchovy) - Stolephorus waitei D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& Seale, 1926 (Spotty-face anchovy)