Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 25. Snout moderate and pointed, tip well above center of eye; maxilla short, tip blunt, failing to reach articulation of lower jaw by about 1/3 eye diameter, not extending behind end of second supra-maxilla; sub-operculum with angular hind margin, not formed into a triangular projection; gill rakers fine and slender. Silver stripe along flank, up to 1.5 eye diameter at widest (Ref. 189). Lacks membrane connecting the gill covers across the isthmus, longer and narrower cheek, higher dorsal and longer pectoral. Deep body and numerous gill rakers (Ref. 37032).

Common Names

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Anchwa , Creole, French , French Guiana

Zaran , Creole, French , French Guiana

Sardel surinamská , Czech , Czechia

Anchovy , English , UK

Surinam anchovy , English , USA

Surinam anchovy , English , Global

Surinami antšoovia , Estonian , Estonia

Anchois du Suriname , French , France

Makélélou , Galibi , French Guiana

苍白小公鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

苏里南多耙鳀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

蒼白小公魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

蘇里南多耙鯷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Maiacá , Portuguese , Brazil

Sardinha-do-gato , Portuguese , Brazil

Manjuba , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Anchoa , Spanish , Venezuela

Anchoa de río , Spanish , Spain

Camiguana , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchovia

Species: Anchovia surinamensis (Bleeker, 1865)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Central and South America: lower parts of rivers from Trinidad and eastern Venezuela south to Para, Brazil.

Biology

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Occurs in estuaries and rivers to collect food. At certain months of the year, mainly Feb.-Mar., this fish is very abundant and forms an important part of the fisheries (Ref. 12225).

Habitat

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brackish