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.

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