Blackburns's anchovy (Anchoviella blackburni)

Scientific name: Anchoviella blackburni Hildebrand, 1943

Blackburns's anchovy (Anchoviella blackburni)

The Blackburns's anchovy (Anchoviella blackburni) is a brackish-water fish of the family Engraulidae. Native range: Western Central Atlantic, southern Caribbean on the northern coast of Venezuela. Possibly also Surinam.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 24. Body fairly slender, somewhat compressed. Snout short, a little over 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla short, tip bluntly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by about 1/2 pupil diameter; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin long, its origin a little in advance of midpoint of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank, about 1/2 to 3/4 eye diameter. Row of dark spots along base of anal.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Anchoviella blackburni
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
3.0
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: southern Caribbean on the northern coast of Venezuela. Possibly also Surinam.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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