''Stolephorus waitei'', the spotty-face anchovy, is a species of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
in the family
Engraulidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.
Size
This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Australian zoologist and museum director
Edgar R. Waite (1866–1928).
References
waitei
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Alvin Seale
Fish described in 1926
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