Description

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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

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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

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoviella

Species: Anchoviella cayennensis (Puyo, 1946)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Venezuela to Brazil.

Biology

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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

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brackish

Conservation Status

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Least Concern

Threat to Humans

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Harmless