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Engraulidae
Commerson's anchovy
Stolephorus commersonnii
Engraulid Fish of Asian Waters
- Island endemic
- Island endemic species
- Local endemic species
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
Island endemic
Indian Ocean
Africa
Elongated
SmallCommerson's anchovy is a marine fish found around Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 11.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Stolephorus
- Maximum length
- 11.2 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indian Ocean: endemic off Mauritius (Ref. 123745 ). Its distribution in eastern coast of Africa, from Gulf of Aden to Zanzibar, northern Madagascar, eastward to Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 189 ) is based on misidentifications for other species: Stolephorus mercurius (SE Asia), S. rex (Indo-West Pacific) and S. zephyrus (eastern coast of Africa to Madagascar) (Ref. 123745 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
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