LITTLEFIN ANCHOVY

Papuengraulis micropinna

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Papuengraulis micropinna Munro, 1964

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Presumed to be estuarine, but perhaps ascends rivers or migrates into coastal waters. The minute teeth and rather numerous gillrakers suggest a diet of small planktonic animals. The species is probably uncommon as there seems to be only four preserved specimens.