Redescription of Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 and Description of Stolephorus hindustanensis, a New Anchovy from the Western Coast of India (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)

The new anchovy Stolephorus hindustanensis n. sp., described on the basis of 11 specimens collected from Mumbai, western coast India, closely resembles ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 in sharing an indented preopercle posterior margin, long maxilla extending beyond double pigmented lines dorsum behind dorsal fin, and lacking a predorsal scute. However, species differs S. having lower counts gill rakers first second arches, higher total vertebrae, deeper body, greater distances between snout tip anal-fin origin, origins anal fins, pelvic-fin insertion longer pelvic third dorsal-fin ray, postorbital length.