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Anchoa panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 28 - 35. Body somewhat compressed, moderately deep. Snout pointed, about 1/2 to 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip somewhat bluntly pointed, reaching to middle of inter-operculum; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin long, its origin under or slightly before dorsal fin origin. A narrow silver stripe along flank, about pupil diameter.

Common Names

  • أنشوفة باناما , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Sardel panamská , Czech , Czechia
  • Anchovy , English , UK
  • Panama anchovy , English , Global
  • Panama antšoa , Estonian , Estonia
  • Anchois du Panama , French , Global
  • Anchois panaméen , French , France
  • 巴拿馬小鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 巴拿马小鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Anchoa , Spanish , Colombia
  • Anchoa , Spanish , Costa Rica
  • Anchoa , Spanish , Mexico
  • Anchoa , Spanish , Panama
  • Anchoa chiminia , Spanish , Spain
  • Anchoa de Panamá , Spanish , Spain
  • Anchoa del norte , Spanish , Peru
  • Anchoa del Norte , Spanish , Spain
  • Anchoveta , Spanish , Panama
  • Chiminia , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Chiminia , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Clupeiformes

    Family: Engraulidae

    Genus: Anchoa

    Species: Anchoa panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Central Pacific: Panama Bay.

    • Biology

    Occurs in coastal waters, probably tolerating lowered salinities (as in A. mundeola). More data needed.

    Habitat

    brackish

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless