Key anchovy (Anchoa cayorum)

Scientific name: Anchoa cayorum Fowler, 1906

Key anchovy (Anchoa cayorum)

The Key anchovy (Anchoa cayorum) is a marine fish of the family Engraulidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 26. Body somewhat compressed and slender. Snout less than eye diameter; maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching almost to gill opening; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin moderately long, its origin below about midpoint of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank, a little less than eye diameter. Melanophores on underside of snout do not reach premaxillae, leaving an unpigmented area.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Anchoa cayorum
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.0
Common length
8.0
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: Florida Keys, Cuba, Bahamas, Antilles, Los Roques Archipelago off Venezuela; from Yucatan, Mexico possibly to western Venezuela; not in Gulf of Mexico. If correctly identified, then it occurs in Sibun River, Belize.
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 (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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