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Species: Engraulis eurystole, Silver Anchovy

top jaw to front edge preoperculum

body elongate, oval

gill rakers 27-43

long gill branch under operculum

A 13-15, origin behind D base

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Engraulis eurystole (Swain & Meek, 1884)

Silver Anchovy

Body fusiform, rounded; snout prominent, conical, projecting, sharply pointed; rear of the mouth extends well behind the eye; lower jaw suspended below head; top jaw relatively short, reaching only to front of preopercle, tip blunt; gill filament cluster attached under gill cover is >eye diameter, extends onto rear of operculum; no large canine teeth; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear, so exposing a vertical bony plate on throat between gill covers; 27-43 lower gill rakers; anal fin base short, 13-15 branched rays, origin well behind base of last dorsal ray.

Blue-green above, silvery on side, sometimes a broad silver stripe (with a dark edge above) along flank.

Size: to 12 cm.

Habitat: marine, coastal pelagic, especially in sheltered areas.

Depth: 0-65 m.

Massachusetts to Brazil.

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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
Phytoplankton

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

All species
Greater Caribbean non-endemic
West Atlantic Endemic

Regional Endemism

Also in Brazil
Continent
Continent only
Extends N + S of GC
Extends North of GC
Extends South of GC
GC non-endemic
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

12

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

65

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

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Species - Engraulis eurystole

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

Phytoplankton

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

All species

Greater Caribbean non-endemic

West Atlantic Endemic

Regional Endemism

Also in Brazil

Continent

Continent only

Extends N + S of GC

Extends North of GC

Extends South of GC

GC non-endemic

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

12

Depth

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

65

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 :

327

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

10,515,073 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

19.87,-77.7895

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