Species: Cetengraulis edentulus, Atlantic Anchoveta
Cetengraulis edentulus (Cuvier, 1829)
Atlantic Anchoveta
Deep, compressed body; snout conical, projecting, sharply pointed and prominent; rear of the mouth extends well behind the eye; lower jaw suspended below head; upper jaw not reaching angle of mouth, its rear tip bluntly rounded; gill membranes widely joined across isthmus (throat region), almost completely covering it; lower gill rakers fine and numerous (45 or more), none on inner face of top limb of 3rd gill arch; anal fin with long base, 18-24 branched rays, origin under rear 1/3 of base of dorsal fin; pectoral short, not reaching to pelvics.
Dark blue-green above, silvery below; a silver midlateral stripe in smaller fish; fins clear.
Size: reaches about 17 cm.
Habitat: coastal waters and lagoons and brackish estuaries.
Depth: 0-25 m.
The Gulf of Mexico 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
- Mangrove
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Phytoplankton
- 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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- 17
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 25
