Stolephorus tamilensis, Tamil anchovy : fisheries

Stolephorus tamilensis Gangan, Pavan-Kumar, Jahageerdar & Jaiswar, 2020

Tamil anchovy
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Stolephorus: Greek, stole, -es = garment + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335); tamilensis: Named for its type locality, Tamil Nadu, a state of India.

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical

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Eastern Indian Ocean: India.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 124512)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal soft rays: 17 - 19. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: relatively deep-body, 19.87-23.37% SL (mean 21.2%); eye relatively large, its diameter 29.28-35.85% HL (mean 32.09%); posterior margin of preopercle indented; gill rakers on first gill arch, upper series 15-19, lower series 25-28, total 40-47; posterior tip of longest pectoral-fin ray do not reach the pelvic-fin origin, pelvic-fin is relatively short, 5.81-8.15% SL (mean 7.39%); no pre-dorsal spines and post-pelvic scutes, pre-pelvic scutes 5-6; dorsal-fin base length 13.85-15.54% in SL (mean 14.57%); dorsal-fin origin is closer to caudal fin base than to tip of snout; length from dorsal-fin origin to anal-fin origin 20.91-22.57 % in SL (mean 21.87%); anal-fin rays 17-19; numerous melanophores on dorsum and suborbital area (Ref. 124512).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Gangan, S.S., A. Pavan-Kumar, S. Jahageedar and K. Jaiswar, 2020. A new species of Stolephorus (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India. Zootaxa 4743(4):561-574. (Ref. 124512)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 March 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial
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