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Etymology: Stolephorus: Greek, stole, -es = garment + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 189). Tropical; 29°N - 1°N, 98°E - 125°E (Ref. 189)
Western Pacific: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 189); max. published weight: 3.87 g (Ref. 124712)
This species is distinguished by the following characters: gill rakers on first gill arch, upper series 15-17 (modally 15), lower series 20-25 (25), total 35-41 (40); gill rakers on second gill arch, upper series 11-13 (11), lower series 18-22 (22), total 29-34 (33); gill rakers on third gill arch, upper series 8-10 (8), lower series 11-14 (11, 13), total 19-24 (19); gill rakers on fourth gill arch, upper series 7-8 (7), lower series 9-11 (9, 10), total 16-19 (17); prepelvic scutes 5-7 (6); upper jaw long, posterior tip slightly beyond or just reaching posterior border of preopercle; predorsal scute absent; posterior border of preopercle is convex, rounded; a pair of dark patches behind the occiput without a following pair of dark lines; no black spots below the eye and lower-jaw tip; pectoral fin is short, its length 15.8-16.4 % of SL; pelvic fin is short, its length 8.2-8.3 % of SL; posterior tip of depressed pelvic fin is not reaching to vertical through dorsal-fin origin (Ref. 128119).
Cross section: compressed.
Presumably coastal, pelagic and schooling, but more data needed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2018. Stolephorus continentalis, a new anchovy from the northwestern South China Sea, and redescription of Stolephorus chinensis (Günther 1880) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyol. Res. 1-9. (Ref. 128119)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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