Check List 13(4): 47-51, doi: 10.15560/13.4.47
First record of the engraulid fish Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes) from Somalia
expand article infoHarutaka Hata‡, Hiroyuki Motomura§
‡ Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan§ Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima, Japan

Corresponding author: Harutaka Hata ( k2795502@kadai.jp )

Academic editor: Hudson Tercio Pinheiro
© 2017 Harutaka Hata, Hiroyuki Motomura.
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Abstract
A single specimen of Encrasicholina macrocephala Hata & Motomura, 2015 (58.7 mm in standard length), collected in Somalia in 1986, is the first record of the species from Somalian waters. This species is otherwise known only from the type specimens, collected in Djibouti and Oman.
Keywords
Range extension; Engraulidae; Teleostei; fish fauna; morphology; new record