{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Setipinna taty.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Setipinna taty]]'' | taxon = Setipinna | authority = [[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1839 | type_species = ''Setipinna megalura'' (a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] of ''Clupea phasa'' <small>Hamilton, 1822</small> | type_species_authority = Swainson, 1839 }}
'''''Setipinna''''', the '''hairfin anchovies''', is a genus of [[anchovies]]. These fish derive their name from the long, filamentous extension of the [[pectoral fins]] that is found in most species. It currently contains eight recognized species.
==Species== * ''[[Setipinna breviceps]]'' <small>([[Theodore Edward Cantor|Cantor]], 1849)</small> (Shorthead hairfin anchovy) * ''[[Setipinna brevifilis]]'' <small>([[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1848)</small> (Short-finned hairfin anchovy) * ''[[Setipinna melanochir]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1849)</small> (Dusky Hairfin anchovy) * ''[[Setipinna paxtoni]]'' <small>[[Thosaporn Wongratana|Wongratana]], 1987</small> (Humpback hairfin anchovy)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34570564#page/122/mode/1up|title=Four new species of Clupeoid fishes (Clupeidae and Engraulidae) from Australian waters by Thosaporn Wongratana Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:104-111 (1987)i|date=1987 }}</ref> * ''[[Setipinna phasa]]'' <small>([[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|F. Hamilton]], 1822)</small> (Gangetic hairfin anchovy) * ''[[Setipinna taty]]'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1848)</small> (Scaly hairfin anchovy) * ''[[Setipinna tenuifilis]]'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1848)</small> (Common hairfin anchovy) * ''[[Setipinna wheeleri]]'' <small>Wongratana, 1983</small> (Burma hairfin anchovy)
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{FishBase genus | genus = Setipinna| month = June | year = 2011}}
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[[Category:Anchovies]] [[Category:Freshwater fish genera]] [[Category:Taxa named by William Swainson]]
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