Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 24. Snout very short, about 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla short, tip bluntly pointed, just reaching onto inter-operculum; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank, about 3/4 eye diameter (above anal fin base); a distinct dark line along back and on edge of tail.

Common Names

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Sardel chamenská , Czech , Czechia

Chame Point anchovy , English , Global

Chame antšoa , Estonian , Estonia

Anchois de Pointe Chame , French , France

占米小鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

占米小鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Anchoa de Punta Chame , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoa

Species: Anchoa chamensis Hildebrand, 1943

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Central Pacific: Panama Bay.

Biology

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Occurs in coastal waters. More data needed.

Habitat

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neritic