Elongate anchovy (Anchoviella elongata)

Scientific name: Anchoviella elongata Meek & Hildebrand, 1923

Elongate anchovy (Anchoviella elongata)

The Elongate anchovy (Anchoviella elongata) is a brackish-water fish of the family Engraulidae. Native range: Western Central Atlantic, Belize south to Panama and northeastern Colombia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 - 22. Snout moderate, about 2/3 eye diameter; maxilla relatively long, tip bluntly rounded, reaching to and a little beyond front margin of pre-operculum; gill cover canals of panamensis type. Anal fin fairly long, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank, less than eye diameter. Upper surface of head and back with dusky punctuations: dark spots at base of anal, median dark line posterior to anal.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Anchoviella elongata
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.0
Common length
9.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: Belize south to Panama and northeastern Colombia.
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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