Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 26. Body moderately elongate and compressed (Ref. 189). Snout short, about 2/3 eye diameter; maxilla relatively long, tip bluntly rounded, reaching to pre-operculum; gill cover canals of walkeri-type (Ref. 189). Anal fin fairly long, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base. A broad silver stripe along flank, equal or greater than eye diameter below dorsal fin (Ref. 189).

Common Names

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أنشوفة دَسِيمة , Arabic , Saudi Arabia

Anchwa , Creole, French , French Guiana

Zaran , Creole, French , French Guiana

Sardel hladká , Czech , Czechia

Broadband anchovy , English , Global

Laitriip-antšoviell , Estonian , Estonia

Anchois gras , French , Global

Makélélou , Galibi , French Guiana

Gin-obi-iwashi , Japanese , Japan

宽带小公鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

寬帶小公魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Manjuba , Portuguese , Brazil

Sardinha , Portuguese , Brazil

Don-don , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Manjubinha , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Sardinha selvagem , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Anchoa ñata , Spanish , Spain

Camiguana , Spanish , Venezuela

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoviella

Species: Anchoviella lepidentostole (Fowler, 1911)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Orinoco delta in Venezuela south to Ponta da Cotinga, Paraná coast of Brazil.

Biology

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A schooling species found inshore. Most likely anadromous, entering estuaries and freshwater. Feeds on crustacean larvae or small invertebrates (Ref. 12225). Female maximum length from Ref. 71685.

Habitat

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freshwater

Conservation Status

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Least Concern

Threat to Humans

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Harmless