Species: Anchoa chamensis, Chame anchovy
snout < eye, round
silver stripe ~ 3/4 eye
back: dark line
back: dark line
top jaw passes preopercle, blunt
lower gill rakers 18-23
pectoral short
pectoral short
A: 21-24, origin under center D
Anchoa chamensis Hildebrand, 1943
Chame anchovy
Elongate, slender, compressed body; snout very short, rounded (~ ½ eye diameter); upper jaw long, tip bluntly pointed, reaching onto interopercle; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear; third gill arch with a few short rakers on its rear face; 18-23 lower gill rakers; no large canine teeth; dorsal fin origin in mid-body, fin relatively low; anal fin with moderate base, iii, 21-24 rays, origin under middle of dorsal; pectoral short, not reaching pelvics; anus nearer tips of pelvics than anal fin.
Width of silver stripe on flank ~ ¾ eye diameter; a dark line along the back & tail top.
Size: 7.5 cm.
Habitat: marine, pelagic, coastal.
Depth: 0-10 m?
Costa Rica and Panama.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- 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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- Planktivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Zooplankton
- Phytoplankton
- No Data
- Pelagic fish larvae
- 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
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continent only
- Panamic province endemic
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 7.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
