Scientific Name
Anchoa helleri
Common Name
Heller's anchovy
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 17 - 21. Body rather elongate, but somewhat compressed. Snout fairly long, almost equal to eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip bluntly pointed, reaching onto inter-operculum, but not to edge of gill cover; panamensis-type gill cover canals. Anal fin origin a little behind midpoint of dorsal fin base. Silver stripe along flank, deeper above anal fin (more than eye diameter).