Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 56

Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837) — Shorthead anchovy

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Hanover as Stolephorus heterolobus and S. devisi by Dalzell (1987a: 92).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: East Africa and northern Madagascar east to Caroline Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Port Hedland (Western Australia) and New Caledonia. Pelagic in coastal waters near reefs, 10–50 m depth. Marine.