Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 31 - 37. Snout about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching to or a little beyond edge of gill cover; anterior gill rakers mere stumps; hind border of gill cover with a small triangular projection; panamensis-type gill cover canals. Pectoral fin long; anal fin origin below midpoint of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank in small individuals, disappearing with age (Ref. 189).

Common Names

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Anchwa , Creole, French , French Guiana

Zaran , Creole, French , French Guiana

Sardel ostnitá , Czech , Czechia

Anchovy , English , Guyana

Anchovy , English , UK

Herring , English , Guyana

Orange anchovy , English , Bahamas

Orange anchovy , English , Barbados

Orange anchovy , English , Grenada

Orange anchovy , English , Jamaica

Orange anchovy , English , Martinique

Orange anchovy , English , Montserrat

Orange anchovy , English , Anguilla

Orange anchovy , English , St Vincent Gren.

Orange anchovy , English , Antigua Barbuda

Orange anchovy , English , Trinidad Tobago

Orange anchovy , English , St Lucia

Spicule anchovy , English , Global

Ogaline antšoa , Estonian , Estonia

Anchois de fond , French , Global

Makélélou , Galibi , French Guiana

Togari-iwashi , Japanese , Japan

Kalhu landaa , Maldivian (Divehli) , Maldives

Mudhikey landaa , Maldivian (Divehli) , Maldives

南美小鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

南美小鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

銀小鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

银小鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Sardinha , Portuguese , Brazil

Enchoveta , Portuguese (Arab) , Brazil

Manjuba , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Manjuba-savelha , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Arenque , Portuguese (French) , Brazil

Arenque-da-noite , Portuguese (French) , Brazil

Sardinha de gato , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Sardinha vermelha , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Sardinha-amarela , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Mulatinha , Portuguese (Spanish) , Brazil

Anchoa , Spanish , Venezuela

Anchoa de fondo , Spanish , Spain

Anchoa naranja , Spanish , Peru

Camiguana , Spanish , Spain

Chuhueco colorada , Spanish , Ecuador

Colorada , Spanish , Ecuador

Colorada , Spanish , Spain

Sprot , Spanish , Nicaragua

Krafana , Sranan , Suriname

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoa

Species: Anchoa spinifer (Valenciennes, 1848)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Panama to Trinidad and south to at least Santos, Brazil, perhaps further. Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica to the northern border of Peru at 3°34'S, perhaps further. Also found in freshwater.

Biology

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A coastal species that apparently forms large schools. Enters brackish and fresh waters. Feeds on small fishes (including clupeoids) and prawns (Ref. 12225). Seems to spawn over an extended period in Costa Rica (small fishes caught in February, September and October). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9298).

Habitat

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freshwater