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Anchoviella brevirostris (Günther, 1868)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 17. Snout short, about 1/2 eye diameter and projecting only slightly beyond lower jaw; maxilla short, tip bluntly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by about 1/2 pupil diameter; lower jaw longer than upper, its symphysis almost at tip of snout. Gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin origin below last part of dorsal fin base. Stripe about 3/4 eye diameter over anal fin (Ref. 188).

Common Names

  • Sardel krátkorypá , Czech , Czechia
  • Snubnose anchovy , English , Global
  • Tömp antšoviell , Estonian , Estonia
  • Anchois nez court , French , France
  • Anchois nez court , French , Global
  • 短吻小公魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短吻小公鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Manjuba , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Pilombeta vermelha , Portuguese (Spanish) , Brazil
  • Anchoveta chata , Spanish , Spain
  • Camiguana , Spanish , Venezuela

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Clupeiformes

    Family: Engraulidae

    Genus: Anchoviella

    Species: Anchoviella brevirostris (Günther, 1868)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Orinoco River mouth, Venezuela and the Guianas south to Rio Ribeiro do Iguape, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    • Biology

    Occurs in coastal waters, but also in estuaries and into almost freshwater. Ripe or almost ripe individuals were caught in March and May.

    Habitat

    brackish