Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 25. Snout short, about 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla shorter than in most other Anchoa species, tip pointed, not reaching beyond hind margin of pre-operculum; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Pectoral fins large, reaching about pelvic fin origin; anal fin fairly long, its origin below or just before midpoint of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank, less than eye diameter.

Common Names

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Sardel vigianská , Czech , Czechia

Bigfin anchovy , English , Global

Suuruim-antšoa , Estonian , Estonia

短胸小鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

短胸小鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Manjuba , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoa

Species: Anchoa pectoralis Hildebrand, 1943

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Southwest Atlantic: mouth of Para River southward to Cananéia, Brazil.

Biology

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Presumably schooling along beaches and down to 22 m. A single specimen was recorded from Coqueiros at the mouth of the Paraguaçu River, thus able to tolerate lowered salinities. More data needed.

Habitat

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brackish