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Bregmaceros anchovia Ho, Endo & Lee, 2020

False anchovy codlet
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Bregmacerotidae (Codlets)
Etymology: Bregmaceros: Greek, bregma = front of the head + Greek, keras, -atos = horn (Ref. 45335);  anchovia: Named for its shape which is very similar to anchovies; noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 10 - 120 m (Ref. 123140).   Subtropical

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Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123140)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 46-52; Anal soft rays: 47 - 55; Vertebrae: 50 - 54. This species is distinguished by the following characters: snout pointed extending beyond the jaws; with a stripe of black dots above the anal-fin base and a vertical black band on caudal-fin base; ventral surface of head and abdomen without melanophores; ventral portion of abdominal vertebrae with a pointed parapophysis and a blunt ventral post-zygapophysis; peritoneum, pyloric caeca, and intestine are pale; D 46-52 (usually 47-50); A 47-55 (usually 48-52); pectoral-fin rays 15-17 (usually 16); principal caudal-fin rays 12-14 (usually 13 with middle 11 branched); caudal vertebrae 35-39 (usually 36-37); total vertebrae 50-54 (usually 51-52) (Ref. 123140).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Bailly, Nicolas | Collaborators

Ho, H.-C., H. Endo, C.-L. Lee and T.-W. Chu, 2020. Bregmaceros anchovia sp. nov., a new codlet species from the western Pacific Ocean (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae). Zootaxa 4801(3):559-569. (Ref. 123140)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).