Humpback hairfin anchovy (Setipinna paxtoni)

Scientific name: Setipinna paxtoni Wongratana, 1987

Humpback hairfin anchovy (Setipinna paxtoni)

The Humpback hairfin anchovy (Setipinna paxtoni) is a brackish-water fish of the family Engraulidae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean, northern coast of Western Australia at Medusa Bank, Cambridge Gulf, but presumably elsewhere along that coast.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 51 - 54. Rather hump-backed, belly with 18 0r 19 + 7 or 8 = 25 to 27 keeled scutes from isthmus to anus. Lower gill rakers with serrae not distinctly clumped. Pectoral filament long, reaching to base of 27th to 41st anal fin ray.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Setipinna paxtoni
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: northern coast of Western Australia at Medusa Bank, Cambridge Gulf, but presumably elsewhere along that coast.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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