Atlantic anchoveta
📖 Overview
Occurs inshore and forms quite large schools. Enters brackish waters of lagoons and estuaries and can tolerate salinities of 10.32-31 ppt (Santa Cruz Canal, Pernambuco, Brazil). A filter-feeder presumably on both phytoplankton and zooplankton. Spawns off the Araya Peninsula, Venezuela from October to January, with a distinct peak in mid-November. Eggs are oval, spawned at 0230-0500 hours along shoreline out to about 1.5 km and hatching at about 20-24 hours later.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 - 24. Head large and deep. Snout short and pointed, about 2/3 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip blunt, just failing to reach lower jaw articulation; fine and numerous lower gill rakers, increasing in large fishes; no gill rakers on posterior face of third epibranchial. Branchiostegal rays 8, long and slender; branchiostegal membrane broad. Silver stripe disappearing at about 10 cm SL . Dusky dots on upper surface of head and snout, series of large black dots along base of anal .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Atlantic anchoveta is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - ? m. Tropical; 23°N - 28°S, 98°W - 32°W south and east to Colombia and Venezuela, Trinidad south to Itapema, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Anchovy · Atlantic anchoveta · bocon · Sardine · Tarpon Fry · Toothless Anchovy · Whalebone Anchovy |
| 🌍CES | sardel jamajská |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Atlantisk ansjos |
| 🇫🇷French | Anchois · Anchois queue jaune |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Acciuga atlantica |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Alpercata · Arenque · Biqueirão-rabo-amarelo · Boca-de-cavalo · Enchoveta · Manjuba · Manjuba-savelha · Sardinha · Sardinha Verdadeira · Sardinha Xingó · Sardinha-boca-torta · Xangô · Xangô-folha · Xangô-magro |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Вест-индский бокон |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Anchoa · anchoveta rabo amarillo · Anchoveta Raboamaril · Bòcòn · Bocona · Bocua · Rabo Amarillo · Sardina |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engraulis brevis | Poey | 1866 | Synonym |
| Engraulis edentulus | Cuvier | 1829 | Synonym |
| Harengus minor | Sloane | 1725 | Synonym |
| Hildebrandichthys setiger | Schultz | 1949 | Synonym |
| Stolephorus garmani | Evermann & Marsh | 1899 | Synonym |
| Stolephorus gilberti | Evermann & Marsh | 1899 | Synonym |
| Stolephorus manjuba | Miranda Ribeiro | 1908 | Heterotypic |
| Stolephorus maryuba | Miranda Ribeiro | 1908 | Heterotypic |
| Stolephorus robertsi | Jordan & Rutter | 1897 | Synonym |
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🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 26 records indexed .
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