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Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stolephorus ronquilloi, the Ronquillo's anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean.[2][3]
Ronquillo's anchovy | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Genus: | Stolephorus |
Species: | S. ronquilloi |
Binomial name | |
Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 | |
This species reaches a length of 5.3 cm (2.1 in).[4]
The fish is named in honor of the Filipino marine biologist, Inocencio Aricayos Ronquillo (1918–?), who collected the type specimen and whose studies of Stolephorus led the way for the author, Wongratana.[5]
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