Longfinger anchovy
📖 Overview
A schooling species occurring in coastal waters. Trawled down to 25 m off Brazil, but equally taken in shore seines and recorded in salinities of 7.94-8.21 ppt in the Canal de Santa Cruz, Pernambuco, Brazil .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 21. Snout long and pointed, only slightly less than eye diameter; maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching almost to gill opening, teeth near tip somewhat enlarged; gill cover canals of panamensis-type; pseudobranch longer than eye diameter, with 30 or more filaments, extending onto inner face of operculum. First pectoral fin ray filamentous. Silver stripe along flank about eye diameter.: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Longfinger anchovy is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Spawn in school .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 35 m . Tropical; 23°N - 27°S, 85°W - 32°W south to Brazil; also Venezuela to Panama and Honduras but not Gulf of Mexico.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Longfinger anchovy |
| 🌍CES | sardel vláknovitá |
| 🇫🇷French | Ancios fil |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Anchova-portuária |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchoa howelli | Hildebrand | 1943 | Synonym |
| Anchovia filifera | Fowler | 1915 | Synonym |
| Anchoviella filifera | Fowler | 1915 | Synonym |
| Anchoviella longipinna | Beebe & Tee-Van | 1928 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 5 records indexed .
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