Species: Anchoa colonensis, Narrowstriped Anchovy
anus nearer to A than to pelvic tips
Anchoa colonensis Hildebrand, 1943
Narrowstriped Anchovy
Elongate, relatively slender; snout prominent, conical, projecting, short (~3/4 eye), pointed; rear of the mouth extends well behind the eye; lower jaw suspended below head; upper jaw long, tip pointed, reaching to rear edge of preopercle; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear; no large canine teeth; 17-20 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; pelvics reach under dorsal origin; anal fin with short base, 17-21 branched rays, origin under ~center of dorsal fin; pectorals short, not reaching pelvics; anus nearer anal fin origin than tips of pelvic fins.
Grey-green above; width of silver stripe on flank ~pupil diameter.
Size: 12.5 cm.
Habitat: marine, pelagic and coastal over sand and gravel bottoms.
Depth: 0-55 m?
Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- 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
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- 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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- Caribbean endemic
- 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)
- 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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- 12.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 55
