Species: Anchoa lucida, Bright anchovy
eye large
pectoral reaches pelvic
Anchoa lucida (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Bright anchovy
Moderately elongate, compressed; eye large; snout short, blunt, ~ ¾ eye diameter; top jaw medium length, reaching onto interopercle, tip bluntly pointed; 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; anal fin base long, iii, 22-28 rays, origin under or little behind center dorsal fin base; tips of pelvics reach under dorsal fin origin; pectorals long, just reach pelvic origin.
Silver stripe along flank narrow (~ ½ eye diameter); dark at tip of chin, on nape and tail tips.
Size: 16 cm.
Habitat marine, coastal pelagic, mostly in bays, estuaries and lagoons.
Depth: 0-10 m?.
The Gulf of California to northern Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Surface
- Near Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Estuary
- Freshwater
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish larvae
- No Data
- Phytoplankton
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- All species
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 16
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
