Guyana anchovy (Anchoviella guianensis)

Scientific name: Anchoviella guianensis Eigenmann, 1912

Guyana anchovy (Anchoviella guianensis)

The Guyana anchovy (Anchoviella guianensis) is a freshwater fish of the family Engraulidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 18. Body fairly slender, moderately compressed. Snout short, a little over 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip bluntly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by 1/3 to 1/2 pupil diameter; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin short, its origin a little behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank, widening to about 1/2 eye diameter over anal fin base.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Anchoviella guianensis
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
9.0
Common length
6.0
Environment
Freshwater; brackish; pelagic; potamodromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: Orinoco system, as far up as Puerto Gaitan on Manacacias River in Colombia, certainly in delta; lower parts of rivers of Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana; lower part of Amazon, but lower limits not known; upper Amazon specimens are not this species.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=1,980)

Sources

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

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