# Setipinna

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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Setipinna Setipinna taty Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Clupeiformes Family: Engraulidae Subfamily: Coiliinae Genus: Setipinna Swainson, 1839 Type species Setipinna megalura (a synonym of Clupea phasa Hamilton, 1822 Swainson, 1839

***Setipinna***, the **hairfin anchovies**, is a genus of [anchovies](/source/Anchovies). These fish derive their name from the long, filamentous extension of the [pectoral fins](/source/Pectoral_fins) that is found in most species. It currently contains eight recognized species.

## Species

- *[Setipinna breviceps](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setipinna_breviceps&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Cantor](/source/Theodore_Edward_Cantor), 1849) (Shorthead hairfin anchovy)

- *[Setipinna brevifilis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setipinna_brevifilis&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1848) (Short-finned hairfin anchovy)

- *[Setipinna melanochir](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setipinna_melanochir&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1849) (Dusky Hairfin anchovy)

- *[Setipinna paxtoni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setipinna_paxtoni&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Wongratana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thosaporn_Wongratana&action=edit&redlink=1), 1987 (Humpback hairfin anchovy)[1]

- *[Setipinna phasa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setipinna_phasa&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([F. Hamilton](/source/Francis_Buchanan-Hamilton), 1822) (Gangetic hairfin anchovy)

- *[Setipinna taty](/source/Setipinna_taty)* (Valenciennes, 1848) (Scaly hairfin anchovy)

- *[Setipinna tenuifilis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setipinna_tenuifilis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Valenciennes, 1848) (Common hairfin anchovy)

- *[Setipinna wheeleri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setipinna_wheeleri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Wongratana, 1983 (Burma hairfin anchovy)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*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*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34570564#page/122/mode/1up). 1987.

- [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Setipinna*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Setipinna). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2011 version.

Taxon identifiers Setipinna Wikidata: Q1851074 AFD: Setipinna BOLD: 152265 CoL: 7G4H GBIF: 2413826 iNaturalist: 92021 IRMNG: 1041607 ITIS: 551207 NCBI: 411568 WoRMS: 270883

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