Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 21. Snout pointed about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla long, tip pointed, projecting at least 1/2 eye diameter beyond second supra-maxilla, reaching beyond hind border of pre-operculum; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin origin below midpoint of dorsal fin base; anus nearer to pelvic fin tips than to anal fin origin. Silver stripe along flank, about pupil diameter, lost on preservation.

Common Names

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Sardel kubánská , Czech , Czechia

Cuban anchovy , English , Cuba

Cuban anchovy , English , Puerto Rico

Cuban anchovy , English , USA

Cuban anchovy , English , Global

Kuuba antšoa , Estonian , Estonia

Anchois cubain , French , Global

古巴小鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

古巴小鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Manjuba , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Anchoa cubana , Spanish , Mexico

Anchoa cubana , Spanish , Nicaragua

Anchoa cubana , Spanish , Spain

Bocon , Spanish , Cuba

Bocón , Spanish , Spain

Cuban anchovy , Spanish , Spain

Manjùa , Spanish , Cuba

Manjúa Cabana , Spanish , Cuba

Manjúa cubana , Spanish , Cuba

Piquete , Spanish , Dominican Rp

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoa

Species: Anchoa cubana (Poey, 1868)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to northern Gulf of Mexico; Cuba and probably throughout the Greater and Lesser Antilles; Yucatan, Mexico to at least Santos, Brazil.

Biology

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Occurs in coastal waters, forming dense schools along beaches in water of 1 m or less.

Habitat

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neritic