You can sponsor this page

Encrasicholina oligobranchus (Wongratana, 1983)

Philippine anchovy
Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Google image
Image of Encrasicholina oligobranchus (Philippine anchovy)
Encrasicholina oligobranchus
Picture by FAO


Philippines country information

Common names: Bolinao, Bolinaw, Bulinao
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
Importance: of no interest | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Stolephorus oligobranchus, Manila Bay, Cavite, Rosario, BMNH 1979.12.5.3. Known from Manila Bay (rare) and Varadero Bay in Mindoro (Ref. 124514).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2021
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Encrasicholina: Greek, egkrasicholos, -os, -on = mixed with spleen.

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

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม.   Tropical; 17°N - 4°N, 116°E - 133°E (Ref. 189)

การแพร่กระจาย ประเทศต่างๆ | พื้นที่จำแนกตาม FAO | ระบบนิเวศหลายระบบ | การปรากฏขึ้น,การเกิดขึ้น,พบ | Point map | การแนะนำ | Faunafri

Western Central Pacific: Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia and Tonga.

ขนาด / น้ำหนัก / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.2 cm SL เพศผู้/กระเทย; (Ref. 124514)

Short description สัณฐานวิทยา | ความยาวต่างๆ

เงี่ยงครีบหลัง (รวม): 0; เงี่ยงครีบก้น 0; ก้านครีบอ่อนที่ก้น: 15. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: unbranched dorsal and anal fin rays 3; branched pectoral-fn rays 11-14 (modally 12); pseudobranchial flaments 16-22 (16); first gill arch with upper limb gill rakers 12-14 (13), lower limb 16-18 (17), total 28-32 (30); second gill arch with upper limb gill rakers 10-11 (10), lower limb 12-17 (16), total 22-27 (27); third gill arch with upper limb gill rakers 8-9 (9), lower limb 10-11 (10), total 18-20 (18); fourth gill arch with upper limb gill rakers 6-8 (7), lower limb 8-9 (8), total 14-16 (19); gill rakers 3-5 (4) on hind face of third gill arch; spine-like scutes on abdomen 3-6 (4); transverse scales 8-9 (9); exposed urohyal bony, without fleshy knobs; head is large, its length 28.3-29.8% (mean 28.9%) of SL; maxilla rather is long, its length 19.0-20.7% (19.9%) of SL, its posterior tip just reaching to anterior margin of preopercle; lower jaw is rather long, its length 19.1-20.5% (19.7%) of SL; orbit is long, its diameter 8.3-8.8% (8.6%) of SL; snout is long, its length 4.9-5.2% (5.1%) of SL; body is elongate, its depth 13.3-15.3% (14.5%) of SL; pelvic fin is short, its length 8.7-9.4% (9.0%) of SL (Ref. 124514).

ชีววิทยา     ภาคผนวก (เช่น epibenthic)

Presumably schooling, although the three type (and only known) specimens were caught after 20 months of sampling. Evidently rare.

Life cycle and mating behavior วัยเจริญพันธุ์ | การสืบพันธุ์ | การวางไข่ | เซลสืบพันธ์ของเพศเมีย(ไข่) | ความดกของไข่ | ตัวอ่อน

Spawn in school (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | อ้างอิง | ผู้ประสานงาน | ผู้ร่วมมือ

Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2021. Redescription of Encrasicholina oligobranchus (Wongratana 1983) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) and description of a new species of Encrasicholina from New Guinea. Ichthyol. Res. 68:277-286. (Ref. 124514)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/1040): Too many connections in /var/www/html/includes/func_getlabel.php on line 46
Can't connect to MySQL database (fbapp). Errorcode: Too many connections