First record of the engraulid fish Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes) from Somalia

By

Hata, Harutaka
Motomura, Hiroyuki

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-7-11

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

47--51

Subjects

Engraulidae , Fish fauna , Morphology , new record , range extension , Teleostei

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.47

 

Abstract

A single specimen of Encrasicholina macrocephala Hata & Motomura, 2015 (58.7 mm in standard length), collected in Somalia in 1986, is the first record of the species from Somalian waters. This species is otherwise known only from the type specimens, collected in Djibouti and Oman.