Devis' anchovy

Encrasicholina devisi

Silver band blue line

Devis' anchovy is known from Indo-Pacific as a fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Encrasicholina
Maximum length: 9.7 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: widespread in the northern part of the Indian Ocean (Gulf of Aden, but apparently not the Red Sea nor Kenya, the Persian Gulf, India, Andaman Islands) and Western Central Pacific (Indonesia, Thailand, north to at least Taiwan Island, south to northern Australia; also eastward to Fiji and Tonga).

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