Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Mugiliformes
Hexanchiformes
Carcharhiniformes
Synbranchiformes
Notacanthiformes
Perciformes/Serranoidei
Batrachoidiformes
Cyprinodontiformes
Syngnathiformes
Squaliformes
Osmeriformes
Holocentriformes
Percopsiformes
Ophidiiformes
Gonorynchiformes
Callionymiformes
Perciformes/Notothenioidei
Perciformes/Bembropoidei
Carangaria/misc
Rajiformes
Acanthuriformes
Galaxiiformes
Perciformes/Zoarcoidei
Zeiformes
Coelacanthiformes
Albuliformes
Tetraodontiformes
Centrarchiformes
Lophiiformes
Acropomatiformes

Anchoviella vaillanti (Steindachner, 1908)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 22. Body fairly slender, moderately compressed. Snout moderate, a little less than eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip bluntly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by about 1/2 pupil diameter; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin just behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Genus: Anchoviella

Species: Anchoviella vaillanti (Steindachner, 1908)

Climate Zone

Tropical

Location

South America: western South Atlantic drainage, Brazil (Sao Francisco River; the records from Rio Grande do Norte and Rio Preta need to be checked).

Biology

Occurs in middle reaches of rivers. More data needed.

Habitat

pelagic