Manamo anchovy
📖 Overview
Occurs in large schools together with juvenile Anchovia surinamensis and slightly larger juvenile Lycengraulis batesii, which appear to feed on the Anchoviella. Mature by about 2 cm SL; a female of 2.5 cm had 157 large eggs in the ovary. This is evidently a progenetic species (adult at juvenile stage).
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18. Body fairly slender, somewhat compressed. Snout very short, about 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla very short, tip bluntly rounded, reaching only a little beyond hind border of eye; gill cover canal pattern not recorded. Anal fin fairly short, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base.: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Manamo anchovy is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
A female of 2.5 cm had 157 large eggs in the ovary. This is evidently a progenetic species (adult at juvenile stage) . Spawn in school .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; pelagic. Tropical; 10°N - 6°N South America: Orinoco delta, Venezuela; also Guyana and Surinam.
🌿 Ecology
the Anchoviella
📐 Morphometrics
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 9 records indexed .
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