Carriker's anchovy
📖 Overview
Overview information for Carriker's anchovy is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18. Body fairly slender, moderately compressed. Snout moderate, a little over 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip bluntly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by about 1/4 pupil diameter; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin a little behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank, widening to about eye diameter over anal fin.: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Carriker's anchovy is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Carriker's anchovy is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Spawn in school .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical; 0°S - 15°S South America: endemic to the Amazon system (from the Chapare River mouth to the lower reaches).
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Carriker's anchovy |
| 🌍CES | sardel Carrikerova |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Anchova-dulcícola |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .
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