Scientific Name
Encrasicholina oligobranchus
Common Name
Philippine anchovy
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 15. Belly rounded, with 5 sharp needle-like pre-pelvic scutes. Maxilla tip pointed, projecting beyond second supra-maxilla and not quite reaching to sub-operculum. Isthmus short, preceded by a small bony plate on urohyal between branchial membranes. Anal fin short. No other species has so few gill rakers; otherwise it most closely resembles E. devisi.