apiensis, Anchovia Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:187, Fig. 3 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51720. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8731 (3), USNM 126336 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:12 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Stolephorus apiensis (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:404 [ref. 5725], Myers 1999:62 [ref. 23965], Wongratana et al. 1999:1728 [ref. 24719], Randall 2005:58 [ref. 28239], Hata & Motomura 2018:282 [ref. 36364], Fricke et al. 2019:56 [ref. 36673], Hata & Motomura 2020:367 [ref. 37739], Hata et al. 2021:[32] [ref. 38161], Hata & Motomura 2021:11 [ref. 38794]). Current status: Valid as Stolephorus apiensis (Jordan & Seale 1906). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: West and Central Pacific: Japan, New Ireland, Fiji and Samoa. Habitat: marine.