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Bregmaceros anchovia Ho, Endo & Lee, 2020 False anchovy codlet |
| Family: | Bregmacerotidae (Codlets) | |||
| Max. size: | 8.15 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; marine; depth range 10 - 120 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Australia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 46-52; Anal soft rays: 47-55; Vertebrae: 50-54. This species is distinguished by the following characters: snout pointed extending beyond the jaws; with a stripe of black dots above the anal-fin base and a vertical black band on caudal-fin base; ventral surface of head and abdomen without melanophores; ventral portion of abdominal vertebrae with a pointed parapophysis and a blunt ventral post-zygapophysis; peritoneum, pyloric caeca, and intestine are pale; D 46-52 (usually 47-50); A 47-55 (usually 48-52); pectoral-fin rays 15-17 (usually 16); principal caudal-fin rays 12-14 (usually 13 with middle 11 branched); caudal vertebrae 35-39 (usually 36-37); total vertebrae 50-54 (usually 51-52) (Ref. 123140). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||