Broad-striped anchovy (Anchoa hepsetus)

Scientific name: Anchoa hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758

Broad-striped anchovy (Anchoa hepsetus)

The Broad-striped anchovy (Anchoa hepsetus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Engraulidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 24. Snout pointed, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla long, tips pointed, reaching beyond hind border of pre-operculum, almost to gill opening; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin origin below about midpoint of dorsal fin base. Anus nearer to anal fin origin than to pelvic fin tips. Silver stripe along flank (a dark line above) of uniform width, narrowed immediately behind band. Back greenish, some yellowish on head. Melanophores outline all dorsal scales.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Anchoa hepsetus
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.3
Common length
11.0
Depth range
1–70 m (3–230 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 1 - 70 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA perhaps occasionally straying north to Maine or even Nova Scotia (Canada), south to Fort Pierce, Florida (but not Florida Keys) and at least northern Gulf of Mexico; also from Gulf of Venezuela south to Uruguay. Replaced by Anchoa colonensis in the West Indies.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1; Fec=5700)

Sources

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

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