Species Stolephorus nelsoni Wongratana, 1987
Nelson's Anchovy
- Stolephorus nelsoni Wongratana, T. 1987. Two new species of anchovies of the genus Stolephorus (Engraulidae), with a key to species of Engraulis, Encrasicholina, and Stolephorus. American Museum Novitates 2876: 1-8 figs 1-2 [4, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 57157, Eighty Mile Beach, 3 miles north of Wallal Homestead, WA.
Paratype(s) ROM 39271; USNM 280176 (ex AMNH 31433).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Wallal Downs, Eighty Mile Beach, WA (19º46´S) and Cleveland Bay, QLD (19º13´S); tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coast
- Western Australia: NW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, inshore, pelagic, schooling.
General References
Wongratana, T., Munroe, T.A. & Nizinski, M.S. 1999. Family Engraulidae. pp. 1698-1753 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1738]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitehead, P.J.P., Nelson, G.J. & Wongratana, T. 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Engraulididae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 2. 305–579 pp. [416], FAO) (Nelson's Anchovy)
History of changes
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27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |