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🌊 Marine Data Deficient 🌡️ Tropical

Humpback hairfin anchovy

Setipinna paxtoni Wongratana, 1987
Max Length
11 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.4
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
15.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
pelagic

📖 Overview

No data on habitat and biology, but presumably marine in coastal waters and perhaps entering estuaries.

Scientific Name
Setipinna paxtoni
Authority
Wongratana, 1987
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
DD
Max Length
11 cm
Trophic Level
3.4
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
15.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 51 - 54. Rather hump-backed, belly with 18 0r 19 + 7 or 8 = 25 to 27 keeled scutes from isthmus to anus. Lower gill rakers with serrae not distinctly clumped. Pectoral filament long, reaching to base of 27th to 41st anal fin ray.: elongated; Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Humpback hairfin anchovy is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Humpback hairfin anchovy is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Humpback hairfin anchovy is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic. Tropical; 11°S - 18°S, 120°E - 127°E Indian Ocean: northern coast of Western Australia at Medusa Bank, Cambridge Gulf, but presumably elsewhere along that coast.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌿 Brackish 🐟 Pelagic
Trophic Level
3.4±0.5

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.0038 × L3.1 (TL)
Max TL
11cm
Anal Rays
53

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2018

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
15.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.4
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Wongratana, 1987

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