Overview
Family : Anchovies ; Occurs in estuaries and rivers to collect food. At certain months of the year, mainly Feb.-Mar., this fish is very abundant and forms an important part of the fisheries[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Carib:
Makélélou
Common Names in Creole, French:
Anchwa, Zaran
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Anchwa, Zaran
Common Names in Czech:
Sardel Surinamsk, Sardel surinamská
Common Names in English:
Anchovy, Surinam anchovy
Common Names in French:
Anchois de Suriname, Anchois du Suriname
Common Names in Galibi:
Mak, Makélélou
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
苍白小公鱼, 苏里南多耙鳀, 蒼白小公魚, 蘇里南多耙鯷
Common Names in Spanish:
Anchoa, Anchoa De R, Anchoa de río, Camiguana
Description
Physical Description
Species Anchovia surinamensis
Males are commonly 8 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 15 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 92 meters (0 to 302 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Clupeiformes
()
- Suborder:
Clupeoidei
()
-
- Family:
Engraulidae
()
- Genus:
Anchovia
()
- Jordan, 1895
- Specific name:
surinamensis
- Scientific name: - Anchovia surinamensis (Bleeker, 1865)
- Specific name:
surinamensis
- Genus:
Anchovia
(
- Family:
Engraulidae
(
- Suborder:
Clupeoidei
(
- Order:
Clupeiformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Anchovia pallida Starks • Anchovia surinamensis • Anchoviella pallida (Starks • Anchoviella potiana Schultz & Simoes De Menezes • Anchoviella surinamensis (Bleeker • Anchoviella venezuelae Fowler • Engrantis surinamensis (Bleeker • Stolephorus surinamensis • Stolephorus surinamensis Bleeker • Stolephorus surinamensis Bleeker, 1866
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 10-Jul-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Anchovia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. aestuaria (Estuarine Thryssa) · A. apiensis (Samoan Anchovy) · A. cayorum (Key Anchovy) · A. choerostoma cayorum (Key Anchovy) · A. clupeoides (Grubber Broadhead) · A. eigenmannia (Eigenmann's Anchovy) · A. elongata (Elongate Anchovy) · A. filifera (Longfinger Anchovy) · A. lepidentostole (Broadband Anchovy) · A. macrolepidota (Bigscale Anchovy) · A. magdalenae (Northern Gulf Anchovy) · A. parva (Little Anchovy) · A. surinamensis (Surinam Anchovy) · A. trinitatis (Trinidad Anchovy)
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Further Reading
- Anchovia landivarensis, a new species of Anchovy (Pisces: Engraulidae) from Belize, Central America: with comments on related species / David W. Greenfield and Terry Greenfield. 65 1975 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1975. url fig. 1 , p. 103, p. 104, p. 105, p. 106.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119887
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22991
- Fishbase Species ID: 546
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551377
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102052
Footnotes
- Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail (1996). Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane (tome 1). Collection du Patrimoine Naturel, vol.22. IEGB-M.N.H.N., INRA, CSP, Min. Env., Paris. 429 p. [back]
- Mean = 8.490 meters (27.854 feet), Standard Deviation = 48.130 based on 104 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
