Bregmaceros anchovia Ho, Endo & Lee, 2020
False anchovy codlet

Family:  Bregmacerotidae (Codlets)
Max. size:  8.15 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; marine; depth range 10 - 120 m
Distribution:  Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Australia.
Diagnosis:  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: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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