Poey's anchovy
📖 Overview
Occurs in coastal waters, apparently not entering brackish water. Rare in Florida shore seine collections, but 'in great numbers under a night light', perhaps because it may stay some distance from the shore in daytime.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 18. Body slightly compressed; snout moderate, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla short with bluntly rounded tip, failing to reach pre-operculum by 1/2 pupil diameter; pseudobranch short, about 3/4 eye diameter; panamensis-type gill cover canals. Anal fin origin slightly behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A bright silver stripe along flank, about 3/4 or almost equal to eye, dark bordered above . Body pale, few melanophores above, row of anal melanophores along anal-fin base. Eye orangish above, top of head with green and gold reflections .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Poey's anchovy is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Spawn in school .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m . Tropical; 32°N - 10°N, 94°W - 60°W Central Atlantic: Beaufort, North Carolina south to Florida (USA); Antilles from Cuba to St.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | flat anchovy · Poey's anchovy |
| 🌍CES | sardel páskovaná |
| 🇫🇷French | Anchois cubain |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Anchova-das-Antilhas |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Плоская анчовелла |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | anchoa chata · manjúa chata |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchovia perfasciata | Poey | 1860 | Synonym |
| Engraulis perfasciatus | Poey | 1860 | Synonym |
| Stolephorus perfasciatus | Poey | 1860 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 48 records indexed .
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