Many-fingered grenadier anchovy (Coilia rebentischii)

Scientific name: Coilia rebentischii Bleeker, 1858

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy (Coilia rebentischii)

The Many-fingered grenadier anchovy (Coilia rebentischii) is a brackish-water fish of the family Engraulidae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, Indonesia (western coast of Kalimantan), Malaysia, Brunei, and Viet Nam (Saigon).

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 80. Body tapering, belly rounded in front of pelvic fins, with at most 1 + 10 to 12 = 11 to 13 keeled scutes from just before pelvic fin base to anus. Maxilla short, not reaching beyond edge of gill cover. Pectoral fin with 16 to 19 long filaments and 7 to 10 branched fin rays, much shorter than those of pelvic fin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Coilia rebentischii
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.2
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Indonesia (western coast of Kalimantan), Malaysia, Brunei, and Viet Nam (Saigon).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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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