Stolephorus

Stolephorus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. They are found in Atlantic and Indo-pacific

==Species== These are the currently recognized species in this genus: Stolephorus acinaces Hata & Lavoué & Motomura, 2020 Stolephorus advenus Wongratana, 1987 (False Indian anchovy) Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966 (Andhra anchovy) Stolephorus apiensis (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Samoan anchovy) Stolephorus astrum Hata & Motomura, 2024 (Astral Anchovy) Stolephorus babarani Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2020 Stolephorus baganensis Hardenberg, 1933 (Bagan anchovy) Stolephorus balinensis (Bleeker, 1849) Stolephorus bataviensis Hardenberg, 1933 Stolephorus baweanensis Hardenberg, 1933 Stolephorus belaerius Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 Stolephorus brachycephalus Wongratana, 1983 (Broadhead anchovy) Stolephorus brevis Hata & Motomura, 2024 Stolephorus carpentariae (De Vis, 1882) (Gulf of Carpentaria anchovy) Stolephorus celsior Hata & Motomura, 2021 Stolephorus chinensis (Günther, 1880) (China anchovy) Stolephorus commersonnii Lacépède, 1803 (Commerson's anchovy) Stolephorus concursus Hata & Motomura, 2021 Stolephorus continentalis Hata & Motomura, 2018 Stolephorus diabolus Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022 Stolephorus dubiosus Wongratana, 1983 (Thai anchovy) Stolephorus eclipsis Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022 Stolephorus eldorado Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022 Stolephorus falco Hata, Sallan & Motomura, 2026 Stolephorus grandis Hata & Motomura, 2021 Stolephorus hindustanensis Hata & Motomura, 2022 Stolephorus holodon (Boulenger, 1900) (Natal anchovy) Stolephorus horizon Hata & Motomura, 2023 Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) (Indian anchovy) Stolephorus insignus Hata & Motomura, 2018 Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 (Hardenberg's anchovy) Stolephorus leopardus Hata & Motomura, 2021 Stolephorus lotus Hata & Motomura, 2022 Stolephorus mercurius Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 Stolephorus meteorum Hata, Lavoué, Bogorodsky, Alpermann & Motomura, 2023 Stolephorus multibranchus Wongratana, 1987 (Caroline anchovy) Stolephorus nelsoni Wongratana, 1987 (Nelson's anchovy) Stolephorus pacificus W. J. Baldwin, 1984 (Pacific anchovy) Stolephorus rex Jordan & Seale, 1926 Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 (Ronquillo's anchovy) Stolephorus scitulus (Fowler, 1911) Stolephorus shantungensis (G. L. Li, 1978) Stolephorus tamilensis Gangan, Pavan-Kumar, Jahageerdar & Jaiswar, 2020 Stolephorus taurus Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2022 Stolephorus teguhi Seishi Kimura, K. Hori & Shibukawa, 2009 (Sulawesi anchovy) Stolephorus tri (Bleeker, 1852) (Spined anchovy) Stolephorus waitei D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1926 (Spotty-face anchovy) Stolephorus zephyrus Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 Stolephorus zollingeri (Bleeker, 1849)