Anchoviella alleni (Myers, 1940)

Description


Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18. Body fairly slender, moderately compressed. Snout moderate, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla short, failing to reach pre-operculum by about 1/2 pupil diameter; gill cover pattern not recorded. Anal fin fairly short, its origin below or a little behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank, up to eye diameter in depth (Ref. 189).

Common Names


No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoviella

Species: Anchoviella alleni (Myers, 1940)

Climate Zone


  • Tropical
  • Location


  • South America: endemic to the Amazon (upper Amazon system: Lake Cashiboya, Ucayali, Marañon and Morona Rivers).
  • Biology


    A freshwater species occurring in lakes and upper reaches of rivers. More data needed.

    Habitat


    pelagic