Caroline Islands Anchovy

Belly with 2 to 4 small needle-like pre-pelvic scutes. Maxilla tip pointed, reaching lower hind margin of pre-operculum; hind border of pre-operculum convex, rounded. Isthmus muscle tapering evenly forward to hind border of branchial membrane. Pelvic fins long. Silver stripe down flank; a pair of dark lines along back from head to dorsal fin origin.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 18 - 20

A schooling species found in coastal waters. More data needed.

fisheries: of no interest

Stolephorus multibranchus, the Caroline anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Western Central Pacific Ocean.