Species: Anchoa cayorum, Key Anchovy
Anchoa cayorum (Fowler, 1906)
Key Anchovy
Elongate, relatively slender; snout prominent, conical, projecting, short (<eye); rear of the mouth extends well behind the eye; lower jaw suspended below head; top jaw long, tip pointed, reaching almost to gill opening; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear; no large canine teeth; 16-19 lower gill rakers; top limb of 3rd gill arch with 6-7 rakers; patch of gill filaments under gill cover short, not extending onto gill cover; anal fin moderately long, 21-26 branched rays, origin under origin to middle of base of dorsal fin; pectorals short, not reaching pelvics; anus nearer anal fin origin than pelvic fin tips.
Width of silver stripe on flank slightly <eye diameter.
Size: 9 cm.
Habitat: marine, pelagic and coastal.
Depth: 0-10 m?
Bahamas to the Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Estuary
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
