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Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 26 - 29. Snout moderate, pointed, tip at or just above eye center; maxilla moderate, tip pointed and reaching onto pre-operculum (but not beyond), extending beyond second supra-maxilla; sub-operculum with a distinct triangular projection on hind margin; lower gill rakers fine and slender, increasing in larger fishes. Silver stripe along flank ,probably disappearing in larger fishes.

Common Names

  • أنشوفة كبيرة الحراشف , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Sardel velkošupinatá , Czech , Czechia
  • Anchovy , English , UK
  • Bigscale anchovy , English , Mexico
  • Bigscale anchovy , English , Global
  • Laisoom-antšoovia , Estonian , Estonia
  • Anchois à grandes écailles , French , Global
  • 大鱗多耙鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大鳞多耙鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大鳞多耙鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小多耙鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小多耙鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Anchoa ancha , Spanish , Peru
  • Anchoa de escamas grandes , Spanish , Mexico
  • Anchoa de escamas grandes , Spanish , Global
  • Anchoa escamosa , Spanish , Mexico
  • Anchoa plateada , Spanish , Peru
  • Anchoa plateada , Spanish , Spain
  • Anchoa plateada , Spanish , Spain
  • Anchoveta , Spanish , Spain
  • Anchoveta ancha , Spanish , Spain
  • Anchoveta escamuda , Spanish , Mexico
  • Carduma , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Chuhueco , Spanish , Ecuador

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Clupeiformes

    Family: Engraulidae

    Genus: Anchovia

    Species: Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Pacific: Magdalena Bay, Baja California on the Pacific coast and from San Felipe Bay, Gulf of California south to Gulf of Guayaquil, northern Peru.

    • Biology

    Occurs inshore along sandy beaches and in tide streams, forming large schools. Juveniles to about 7 cm occur on beaches and in bays, thereafter moving further from the shore. Feeds by filtering phytoplankton and zooplankton.

    Habitat

    brackish