Jurua anchovy (Jurengraulis juruensis)

Scientific name: Jurengraulis juruensis Boulenger, 1898

Jurua anchovy (Jurengraulis juruensis)

The Jurua anchovy (Jurengraulis juruensis) is a freshwater fish of the family Engraulidae. Native range: Western Central Atlantic drainage (Amazon system, from Rio Mamor? in Bolivia to Manaus, Brazil including the Juru? and probably other tributaries).

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 22. Body slender, oval in cross-section. Snout long and pointed; maxilla short, tip bluntly rounded, not reaching to front border of pre-operculum, not projecting beyond tip of second supra-maxilla; teeth in jaws minute or absent. gill rakers long and slender, absent on face of third epibranchial. Dorsal fin origin at about midpoint of body; anal fin origin under last dorsal fin ray. Olive above, silvery on sides and below. Snout blackish above. Fins pale orange; caudal rays blackish at tips.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Jurengraulis juruensis
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
16.0
Environment
Freshwater; pelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic drainage (Amazon system, from Rio Mamor? in Bolivia to Manaus, Brazil including the Juru? and probably other tributaries).
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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