Stolephorus falco sp. nov. (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae), a new anchovy from Sumatra, Indonesia Author Hata, Harutaka 0000-0002-6996-3628 Macroevolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 1919 - 1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904 - 0495, Japan Author Sallan, Lauren 0000-0002-4441-1456 Macroevolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 1919 - 1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904 - 0495, Japan Author Motomura, Hiroyuki 0000-0002-7448-2482 The Kagoshima University Museum, 1 - 21 - 30 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890 - 0065, Japan text ZooKeys 2026 2026-02-25 1270 255 268 journal article 314307 10.3897/zookeys.1270.175032 cdb06ce8-ef8d-4bd7-ba43-1b60b6111ff5 8322C12D-6E1A-4F0C-A6DF-62D4D2108FB5

Table 4. Frequency distribution of scale rows in longitudinal series in Stolephorus falco sp. nov., S. tri, S. baganensis, S. taurus, and S. dubiosus, based on specimens examined in this study.

		Scale rows in longitudinal series
		31	32	33	34	35	36	37
S. falco sp. nov.	n = 3	1	2
S. tri	n = 40			7	17	9	7
S. baganensis	n = 81			2	37	29	12	1
S. taurus	n = 25			6	17	2
S. dubiosus	n = 30				8	14	7	1