FIR’s scientific contributions

... The anchovy genus Stolephorus Lacépède, 1803 comprises 47 valid species inhabiting coastal waters in tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean (Wongratana 1983(Wongratana , 1987Whitehead et al. 1988;Wongratana et al. 1999;Kimura et al. 2009;Hata & Motomura 2018a, b, c, d, e, 2021a, b, c, 2022a, b, 2023a, b, 2024aHata et al. 2019Hata et al. , 2020aHata et al. , b, 2021Hata et al. , c, 2023aGangan et al. 2020). Although some species of the genus, such as Stolephorus balinensis (Bleeker, 1849), are abundantly caught and consumed as food fish or used as fish bait in tropical areas (Talwar & Kacker 1984;Whitehead et al. 1988;Wongratana et al. 1999;Yoshino 2005;White et al. 2013;Hata 2019Hata , 2020, several species are seemingly rare, only known from few specimens with little information known about their distributional ranges, ecology, morphology, or phylogeny (e.g., Stolephorus advenus Wongratana, 1987, Stolephorus leopardus Hata & Motomura, 2021c, Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983Hata & Motomura 2021c. ...

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Enhanced data on Stolephorus grandis and Stolephorus waitei (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), two species endemic to the Sahul Shelf, western Pacific Ocean

... Genera and species represented in this study are arranged in alphabetical order by species name. Nomenclature and identification of PMBC specimens generally followed Whitehead (1985), Whitehead et al. (1988), Munroe et al. (1999a;1999b;1999c) and Wongratana et al. 26211, 2 specimens, 54.7-56.0 mm SL, PMBC 26212, 1 specimen, 66.8 mm SL. ...

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CLUPEIFORMES FISH (ACTINOPTERYGII: TELEOSTEI) IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION OF PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER