Shorthead hairfin anchovy (Setipinna breviceps)

Scientific name: Setipinna breviceps Cantor, 1849

Shorthead hairfin anchovy (Setipinna breviceps)

The Shorthead hairfin anchovy (Setipinna breviceps) is a brackish-water fish of the family Engraulidae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, river mouths of Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sarawak, presumably also Java. Reported from India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 59 - 64. Body compressed, head very short, belly with 17 to 23 plus 9 to 11 = 27 to 32 scutes from isthmus to anus. Mouth strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting beyond the tip of the snout. Its very low gill raker count and the characteristic shape of its head and jaws distinguishes it from all other species of Setipinna.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Setipinna breviceps
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
24.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: river mouths of Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sarawak, presumably also Java. Reported from India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
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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