Stolephorus

Stolephorus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. They are found in Atlantic and Indo-pacific

Stolephorus
Indian anchovy (S. indicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Subfamily:	Engraulinae
Genus:	Stolephorus Lacépède, 1803
Type species
Stolephorus commersonnii Lacepède, 1803
Species
See text

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Stolephorus acinaces Hata & Lavoué & Motomura, 2020^[2]
• Stolephorus advenus Wongratana, 1987 (False Indian anchovy)^[3]
• Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966 (Andhra anchovy)
• Stolephorus apiensis (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Samoan anchovy)
• Stolephorus astrum Hata & Motomura, 2024
• Stolephorus babarani Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2020
• Stolephorus baganensis Hardenberg, 1933 (Bagan anchovy)
• Stolephorus balinensis (Bleeker, 1849)
• Stolephorus bataviensis Hardenberg, 1933
• Stolephorus baweanensis Hardenberg, 1933
• Stolephorus belaerius Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021
• Stolephorus brachycephalus Wongratana, 1983 (Broadhead anchovy)
• Stolephorus brevis Hata & Motomura, 2024
• Stolephorus carpentariae (De Vis, 1882) (Gulf of Carpentaria anchovy)
• Stolephorus celsior Hata & Motomura, 2021
• Stolephorus chinensis (Günther, 1880) (China anchovy)
• Stolephorus commersonnii Lacépède, 1803 (Commerson's anchovy)
• Stolephorus concursus Hata & Motomura, 2021
• Stolephorus continentalis Hata & Motomura, 2018
• Stolephorus diabolus Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022
• Stolephorus dubiosus Wongratana, 1983 (Thai anchovy)
• Stolephorus eclipsis Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022
• Stolephorus eldorado Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022
• Stolephorus grandis Hata & Motomura, 2021
• Stolephorus hindustanensis Hata & Motomura, 2022
• Stolephorus holodon (Boulenger, 1900) (Natal anchovy)
• Stolephorus horizon Hata & Motomura, 2023
• Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) (Indian anchovy)
• Stolephorus insignus Hata & Motomura, 2018
• Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 (Hardenberg's anchovy)
• Stolephorus leopardus Hata & Motomura, 2021
• Stolephorus lotus Hata & Motomura, 2022
• Stolephorus mercurius Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021
• Stolephorus meteorum Hata, Lavoué, Bogorodsky, Alpermann & Motomura, 2023
• Stolephorus multibranchus Wongratana, 1987 (Caroline anchovy)
• Stolephorus nelsoni Wongratana, 1987 (Nelson's anchovy)
• Stolephorus pacificus W. J. Baldwin, 1984 (Pacific anchovy)
• Stolephorus rex Jordan & Seale, 1926
• Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 (Ronquillo's anchovy)
• Stolephorus scitulus (Fowler, 1911)
• Stolephorus shantungensis (G. L. Li, 1978)
• Stolephorus tamilensis Gangan, Pavan-Kumar, Jahageerdar & Jaiswar, 2020
• Stolephorus taurus Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022
• Stolephorus teguhi Seishi Kimura, K. Hori & Shibukawa, 2009 (Sulawesi anchovy)
• Stolephorus tri (Bleeker, 1852) (Spined anchovy)
• Stolephorus waitei D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1926 (Spotty-face anchovy)
• Stolephorus zephyrus Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021
• Stolephorus zollingeri (Bleeker, 1849)