Species: Anchoa argentivittata, Regan's anchovy, Silverstripe anchovy
snout ~ eye
pectoral short
Anchoa argentivittata (Regan, 1904)
Silverstripe anchovy, Regan's anchovy
Elongate, slender, compressed body, snout elatively long, blunt; rear of the mouth extends well behind the eye; top jaw long, tip bluntly pointed, reaching onto interopercle; lower jaw suspended below head; no large canine teeth; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear; 17-20 lower gill rakers;third gill arch with a few short rakers on its rear face, 6-7 upper rakers; dorsal fin origin in mid-body; anal fin with with very short base, iii, 14-17 rays, origin under/behind last dorsal ray;pectorals short, not reaching pelvics; pelvics well behind pectorals, before dorsal fin base, reach under dorsal origin.
Grey-green above; width of silver stripe on flank, width ~ 3/4 eye diameter.
Size: 12.5 cm.
Habitat: marine, pelagic and coastal over sand and gravel bottoms.
Depth: 0-10 m?
The Gulf of California to northern Peru
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Water column only
- Surface
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Phytoplankton
- No Data
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- All species
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 12.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
