Bates' sabretooth anchovy (Lycengraulis batesii)

Scientific name: Lycengraulis batesii G?nther, 1868

Bates' sabretooth anchovy (Lycengraulis batesii)

The Bates' sabretooth anchovy (Lycengraulis batesii) is a freshwater fish of the family Engraulidae.

Biology

Occurs far up rivers, but apparently reaches down to river mouths. Carnivorous, feeds on small fishes and probably crustaceans. A ripe female of 17.2 cm SL was recorded at Tucupita, Orinoco delta in Venezuela.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lycengraulis batesii
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Common length
20.0
Environment
Freshwater; brackish; pelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: drainage (Orinoco, as far up as the Rio Manacacias in Colombia, rivers of the Guianas, and Amazon at least as far up as Teffe and the Jutahi River - if specimens were identified correctly - and even as far up as the Ucayali, Huallaga and Moro?a Rivers of the upper Amazon).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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