Species: Lycengraulis grossidens, Atlantic Sabretooth-anchovy
gill rakers 16-26 lower, 30-36 total
Lycengraulis grossidens (Agassiz, 1829)
Atlantic Sabretooth-anchovy
Fusiform, elongate, body depth 23-24.5% of SL; snout prominent, conical, projecting, bluntly rounded, short (~2/3 eye); eye far forward; rear of the mouth extends well behind the eye; lower jaw suspended below head; upper jaw long, reaching edge of operculum, its tip sharply pointed; both jaws with large, well spaced teeth, those on lower jaw larger; lower jaw with large, widely spaced canine teeth; lower gill rakers 16-26 (total rakers 30-36); anal fin with long base, iii, 26-28 branched rays, its origin under midpoint of dorsal fin base; pelvics usually inserted nearer anal fin origin than pectoral fin base.
Blue-grey on back, silvery on side; a short arc of black dots on upper gill cover; fins clear.
Size: to 26 cm.
Shallow coastal waters over muddy bottoms; estuaries, lagoons, enters freshwater.
Depth: 0-40 m?
Guatemala to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Freshwater
- 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
- Freshwater
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Bony fishes
- Insects
- 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 only
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- 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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- 26
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 40
