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Engraulidae

Broadhead anchovy

Stolephorus brachycephalus

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish
Maximum length
4.2 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Gulf of Papua and off northern Australia in Gulf of Carpentaria.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern
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RELATED SPECIES

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