Bates' sabretooth anchovy
📖 Overview
Occurs far up rivers, but apparently reaches down to river mouths. Carnivorous, feeds on small fishes and probably crustaceans . A ripe female of 17.2 cm SL was recorded at Tucupita, Orinoco delta in Venezuela.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 26 - 30. Snout about 3/4 eye diameter, maxilla moderate, tip pointed, reaching almost to or just beyond front margin of pre-operculum. gill rakers short and stumpy. Dorsal fin origin well behind midpoint of body; anal fin origin below first to fourth branched dorsal fin rays. Silver stripe along flank, twice eye diameter at widest, lost in fishes over 10 to 12 cm SL; curve of black dots on operculum .: elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Bates' sabretooth anchovy is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Spawn in school .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; pelagic. Tropical; 9°N - 7°S South America: drainage (Orinoco, as far up as the Rio Manacacias in Colombia, rivers of the Guianas, and Amazon at least as far up as Teffe and the Jutahi River - if specimens were identified correctly - and even as far up as the Ucayali, Huallaga and Moroña Rivers of the upper Amazon).
🌿 Ecology
small fishes and probably crustaceans (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Anchovy · Bate's Sabertooth Anchovy · Bates' sabretooth anchovy · Bates's sabretooth anchovy |
| 🇫🇷French | Anchois-tigre |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Arenque · Cachorro · Maiaca · Manjuba · Peixe-cachorro · Sardinha · Sardinha-dogato |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Anchoa Tigre · Sardina · Sardinita |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engraulis batesii | Günther | 1868 | Synonym |
| Engraulis iquitensis | Nakashima | 1941 | Synonym |
| Lycengraulis barbouri | Hildebrand | 1943 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 66 records indexed .
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