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Species: Anchoviella perfasciata, Flat Anchovy, Poey's Anchova

snout 3/4 eye, projects past lower jaw

top jaw not reaching preoperculum
gill rakers 24-30

large scale at pectoral base reaches past mid-fin

A 10-15, origin slightly behind D base

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Anchoviella perfasciata (Poey, 1860)

Flat Anchovy, Poey's Anchova

Elongate, slightly compressed; snout prominent, conical, projecting, moderate (~3/4 eye diameter), projects past lower jaw; rear of the mouth extends well behind the eye; lower jaw suspended below head; top jaw short, not reaching preoperculum, tip bluntly rounded; 24-30 lower gill rakers; gill branch under gill cover small (<eye); anal fin with short base, 10-15 branched rays, its origin behind the center of the body and slightly behind base of last dorsal fin ray; large scale inside base of pectoral reaching beyond ½ length of that fin.

Silver stripe along flank ~3/4-1 eye diameter, with dark border above.

Size: to 11 cm.

Coastal pelagic, marine.

Depth: 0-10 m?

N Carolina to the Orinoco.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Mid Water
Near Surface
Surface
Water column only

Habitat

Water column

FishBase Habitat

Pelagic

Feeding Group

Data
Planktivore

Diet

Data
Zooplankton

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

All species
Greater Caribbean endemic
West Atlantic Endemic

Regional Endemism

Continent
Continent + Island (s)
Extends North of GC
GC endemic
Island (s)
All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
Temperate (>35N)
Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

11

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

10

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

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Species - Anchoviella perfasciata

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore

Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Mid Water

Near Surface

Surface

Water column only

Habitat

Water column

FishBase Habitat

Pelagic

Feeding

Feeding Group

Data

Planktivore

Diet

Data

Zooplankton

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

All species

Greater Caribbean endemic

West Atlantic Endemic

Regional Endemism

Continent

Continent + Island (s)

Extends North of GC

GC endemic

Island (s)

All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Temperate (>35N)

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

11

Depth

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

10

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

249

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

9,850,946 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

20.42825,-79.2559

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