Species: Anchoa filifera, Longfinger Anchovy
Anchoa filifera (Fowler, 1915)
Longfinger Anchovy
Elongate, relatively slender; snout prominent, conical, projecting, long and pointed, only slightly <eye; rear of the mouth extends well behind the eye; lower jaw suspended below head; upper jaw long, tip pointed, reaching almost to edge of opercle; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear; no large canine teeth; 21-27 lower gill rakers; top limb 3rd gill arch with 6-7 rakers; patch of gill filaments under gill cover long, extending onto gill cover; anal fin with short base, 17-21 rays, origin at or behind level of last dorsal ray; pectorals with a long filament (often broken) that reaches to dorsal fin origin in large fish.
Silver stripe on flank broad (~eye diameter wide), a dark line above; upper part of head and back with numerous irregularly arranged dark dots; lower part of head silver.
Size: 12 cm.
Habitat: marine, pelagic and coastal .
Depth: 0-35 m?
Caribbean to Brazil.
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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 non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-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
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 35
