Broadband anchovy
📖 Overview
A schooling species found inshore. Most likely anadromous, entering estuaries and freshwater. Feeds on crustacean larvae or small invertebrates . Female maximum length from Ref. 71685.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 26. Body moderately elongate and compressed . Snout short, about 2/3 eye diameter; maxilla relatively long, tip bluntly rounded, reaching to pre-operculum; gill cover canals of walkeri-type . Anal fin fairly long, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base. A broad silver stripe along flank, equal or greater than eye diameter below dorsal fin .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Broadband anchovy is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Both sexes at maturity have a large amount of visceral and intermuscular fat . Spawn in school .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous ; depth range 1 - 50 m . Tropical; 11°N - 26°S, 62°W - 34°W south to Ponta da Cotinga, Paraná coast of Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
crustacean larvae or small invertebrates (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amplova lepidentostole | Fowler | 1911 | Synonym |
| Anchovia lepidentostole | Fowler | 1911 | Synonym |
| Anchoviella hubbsi | Hildebrand | 1943 | Synonym |
| Anchoviella iheringi | Fowler | 1941 | Synonym |
| Anchoviella nitida | Hildebrand & Carvalho | 1948 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 23 records indexed .
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