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Anchoviella cayennensis (Puyo, 1946)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 17. Body slightly compressed. Snout moderate, about 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla short, tip evenly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by 1/2 pupil diameter; pseudobranch short, about 3.4 eye diameter; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin origin slightly behind base of last dorsal fin ray. Bright silver stripe along flank, about 3/4 eye diameter, dark bordered above.

Common Names

  • Anchwa , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Makélélou , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Zaran , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Sardel cayennská , Czech , Czechia
  • Cayenne anchovy , English , USA
  • Cayenne anchovy , English , Global
  • Cayenne´iantšoviell , Estonian , Estonia
  • Anchois de Cayenne , French , France
  • Anchois de Cayenne , French , Global
  • 西大西洋小公魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 西大西洋小公鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Manjuba , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Sardinha , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Don-don , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil
  • Manjubinha , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil
  • Sardinha selvagem , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Anchovieta de Cayena , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Clupeiformes

    Family: Engraulidae

    Genus: Anchoviella

    Species: Anchoviella cayennensis (Puyo, 1946)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Venezuela to Brazil.

    • Biology

    Occurs along the coastal zones and estuaries. Can tolerate a range of salinities, but there is no data on penetration into freshwater or fully marine habitats. More data needed (Ref. 12225).

    Habitat

    brackish