Stolephorus falco sp. nov. (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae), a new anchovy from Sumatra, Indonesia
A new anchovy species, <i>Stolephorus falco</i> <b>sp. nov</b>., is described based on three museum specimens collected from northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Although the new species resembles <i>S. baganensis</i> Delsman, 1931, <i>S. dubiosus</i> Wongratana, 1983, <i>S. taurus</i> Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022, and <i>S. tri</i> (Bleeker, 1852) in having a predorsal scute and a spine on the pelvic scute, it differs from all four of these taxa in having a distinctively deeper body, fewer scales on the longitudinal series, and additional differences in a number of other characters.
Authors
- Lauren Sallan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4441-1456)
- Harutaka Hata
- Hiroyuki Motomura
Institutions
- Kagoshima University (JP)
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ZooKeys
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1270.175032
- Primary Topic
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Kagoshima University
- Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science