Osbeck's grenadier anchovy
📖 Overview
Inhabits coastal waters and estuaries, but very few data based on reliable identifications . Occurs in river .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 80. Body tapering, belly rounded before pelvic fins, with 16 to 19 + 24 to 32 = 41 to 50 keeled scutes from isthmus to anus. Maxilla long, reaching to or almost to base of first pectoral fin ray. Pectoral fin with 6 filaments; rarely 13 or 14 branched fin rays which are longer than those of pelvic fin.: elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Osbeck's grenadier anchovy is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Osbeck's grenadier anchovy is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Spawn in school .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous ; depth range 10 - ? m . Tropical; 42°N - 4°N, 94°E - 127°E East China Sea from Hainan north to Port Arthur (Lu-shun) and perhaps to Korea, although the more northerly records could apply to Coila nasus.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Osbeck's grenadier anchovy |
| 🌍CES | sardel indooceánská |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | マエツ |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 싱어 |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 凤鲚 · 子鱭 · 烤籽魚 · 籽鱭 · 馬齊魚 · 鳳尾魚 · 鳳鱭 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaetomus playfairii | McClelland | 1844 | Synonym |
| Choetomus playfairii | McClelland | 1844 | Synonym |
| Clupea mystus | Osbeck | 1757 | Heterotypic |
| Coilia clupeoides | Lacepède | 1803 | Synonym |
| Colia mystus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Mystus clupeoides | Lacepède | 1803 | Synonym |
| Mystus ensiformes | Linnaeus | 1754 | Heterotypic |
| Osteoglossum prionostoma | Basilewsky | 1855 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 8 records indexed .
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