Starks's anchovy (Anchoa starksi)

Scientific name: Anchoa starksi Gilbert & Pierson, 1898

Starks's anchovy (Anchoa starksi)

The Starks's anchovy (Anchoa starksi) is a brackish-water fish of the family Engraulidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, El Salvador to Ecuador, perhaps south to northern Peru.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 22. Snout moderate, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla quite long, tip pointed, reaching almost to edge of gill cover; lower gill rakers increasing in larger fishes; pseudobranch long, extending onto inner face of operculum; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin short, its origin under posterior third of dorsal fin base. Broad silver stripe along flank, lost with age.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Anchoa starksi
Family
Engraulidae (Anchovies)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
7.7
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: El Salvador to Ecuador, perhaps south to northern Peru.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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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