Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus)

Scientific name: Stolephorus indicus van Hasselt, 1823

Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus)

The Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Engraulidae.

Biology

A schooling species occurring in coastal waters and which appears to enter at least the estuarine parts of rivers and to tolerate brackish water. Feeds most likely on zooplankton, but more data needed. In Manila Bay, the Philippines, it migrates out into deeper and more saline water to spawn, returning inshore immediately thereafter. Processed into nuoc-man (fish pickle) in Indo-China. Used as bait in the tuna fishery in the South Pacific, although said to be fragile. Also.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Stolephorus indicus
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.5
Common length
12.0
Depth range
20–50 m (66–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous; depth range 20 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and South Africa, including the Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Mauritius eastward to Hong Kong, the Arafura Sea, northern and eastern coasts of Australia and further east to Samoa and Tahiti.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; bait: occasionally
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.71-1.42)

Sources

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

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