Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 23 - 27. Snout sharply pointed but short, less than eye diameter; maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching almost to gill opening; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin moderate, 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 trinidadská , Czech , Czechia

Anchovy , English , UK

Trinidad anchovy , English , Global

Trinidadi antšoa , Estonian , Estonia

Anchois machète , French , Global

特立尼达小鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

特立尼達小鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Anchoa machete , Spanish , Spain

Camiguana , Spanish , Spain

Mejúa , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoa

Species: Anchoa trinitatis (Fowler, 1915)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Central Atlantic: Trinidad and westward to Margarita Island and the Gulf of Venezuela; reaches Cartagena in Colombia if the reported occurrence there (Ref. 5518) is correct.

Biology

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Occurs in shallow coastal waters, sometimes in large schools, and also in mangrove-lined lagoons in turbid water. On the southern coast of Margarita Island, they appear mainly in February to May at 5-7 cm SL, while larger individuals occur throughout the year in the interior of lagoons. More data needed on food and breeding.

Habitat

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brackish