A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina auster (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Fiji, southwestern Pacific Ocean

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

“…Encrasicholina mac rocephala differs from E. pseudoheteroloba in having the dorsal and anal fins with 3 unbranched rays (vs. 2 unbranched rays). This species resembles E. heteroloba (Rüppell 1837) and E. auster Hata & Motomura, 2017 in having its long upper jaw, with posterior tip reaching to or extending beyond the posterior margin of the preopercular margin, and the dorsal and anal fins with 3 unbranched rays. Encrasicholina macrocephala can be distinguished from the latter 2 species in having a longer head (29.…”

“…Nine species are attributed to the genus Encrasicho lina (Hata and Motomura 2015, 2016a, 2016b, 2017. Encrasicholina macrocephala can be distinguished from E. gloria Hata & Motomura, 2016, E. intermedia Hata & Motomura, 2016, E. oligobranchus (Wongratana, 1983, E. punctifer Fowler, 1938, andE.…”

“…Distributional range of a related species, Encrasicho lina gloria partly overlaps with that of E. macrocephala (Hata and Motomura 2016a). Encrasicholina intermedia Hata & Motomura, 2016, the probable sister species of E. gloria, is distributed off the eastern coast of Africa and the western coast of India, but with these species not occurring sympatrically (Hata and Motomura 2016a).…”

“…Encrasicholina intermedia Hata & Motomura, 2016, the probable sister species of E. gloria, is distributed off the eastern coast of Africa and the western coast of India, but with these species not occurring sympatrically (Hata and Motomura 2016a). In addition, several clupeiform species in the northern Indian Ocean, such as Herklotsichthys lossei Wongratana, 1983, known only from the Persian Gulf, H. punctatus from the Red Sea, and Nematalosa arabica Regan, 1917 from the Gulf of Aden to Oman Bay, do not occur along the east coast of Africa (Whitehead 1985).…”

“…The genus contains 9 valid species (Whitehead et al 1988, Hata and Motomura 2015, Hata and Motomura 2016a, Hata and Motomura 2016b, Hata and Motomura 2017, including E. macrocephala Hata and Motomura, 2015, currently known only from the type specimens, collected from Djibouti and Oman (Hata and Motomura 2015). During a revisionary study of Encrasicholina, a single engraulid specimen from Somalia was identified as E. macrocephala.…”