Overview
Family : Anchovies ; Found inshore forming quite large schools and also in estuaries, mangroves and other lagoons , penetrating into almost freshwater (salinities of 4.9-32.25 ppt in Santa Cruz Canal, Pernambuco, Brazil). Feeds by filtering plankton . No data on spawning.
Common Names
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Common Names in Carib:
Makélélou
Common Names in Creole, Fren:
Anchwa, Zaran
Common Names in Creole, French:
Anchwa, Zaran
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins,:
Anchwa, Zaran
Common Names in Czech:
Sardel Sledovit, Sardel Sledovitá, Sardel Sleďovitá
Common Names in English:
Anchovy, Broadhead Anchovy, Grubber Broadhead, Zabaleta Anchovy
Common Names in French:
Anchois Hachude
Common Names in Galibi:
Makélélou, Makllou
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
似鯡多耙鯷, 黑多耙鯷, 黑多耙鯷, 黑多耙鳀, 似鯡多耙鯷, 似鲱多耙鳀
Common Names in Polish:
Anszowia Karaibska
Common Names in Portuguese:
Anchoveta Pirata, Arenque, Boca Torta, Manjuba, Pilombeta, Sardinha, Sardinha Gulelê, Sardinha Gulel, Sardinha Verdadeira, Sardinha-Olho, Sardinha-Olhão
Common Names in Spanish:
Anchoa, Anchoa Bocona, Anchoveta, Anchoveta Sardina, Arenca, Camiguana, Hachudo, Piquete, Sardina, Sardina Bocona
Description
Family Engraulidae
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Schooling fishes , mostly of shallow coastal waters and estuaries in tropical and temperate regions . Some species enter or live in freshwater . Mouth inferior. Upper jaw produced . Jaw teeth well developed to absent. Gill rakers on lower limb of first arch 10-50 or more. Branchiostegal rays 7-19. A silvery stripe down flanks. Body translucent . Abdominal scutes present in most Old World anchovies ; absent in New World anchovies, except for one pelvic scute. Luminescent organs noted in one species. Mostly filter feeding on zooplankton ; a few piscivorous . About 50 cm maximum length ; most species below 15 cm. Commercially important for food and fish meal ; also used as bait . The name 'Engraulididae' has been proposed for this family (Ref. 189).The family Engraulidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Clupeiformes. It contains 16 genera and 139 species. It may be found in Marine , Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 61° n to 45° s and 126° w to 178° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, eggraulis = anchovy
Physical Description
Species Anchovia clupeoides
Males are commonly 17 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 30 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 92 meters (0 to 302 feet).Mean = 13.270 meters (43.537 feet), Standard Deviation = 51.180 based on 81 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Benthopelagic.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Clupeiformes
()
- Suborder:
Clupeoidei
()
-
- Family:
Engraulidae
()
- Anchovies
- Genus:
Anchovia
()
- (Bleeker, 1866)
- Specific name:
clupeoides
- (Swainson, 1839)
- Scientific name: - Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839)
- Specific name:
clupeoides
- (Swainson, 1839)
- 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
(
Ambiguous Synonyms
- Anchovia nattereri (non Steindachner, 1880)
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839)
- Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949
- Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839
- Engraulis productus Poey, 1866
- Stolephorus clupeoides (Swainson, 1839)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 07-Oct-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Anchovia
There are approximately 10 species in this genus:
A. apiensis evermanni · A. arenicola · Anchoa lyolepis · A. choerostoma cayorum · A. clupeoides (Anchovy) · A. macrolepidota (Anchovy) · A. mitchilli · A. clupeoides · Anchoa marinii · A. surinamensis (Anchovy)
Bibliography
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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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
- Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486908
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22994
- Fishbase Species ID: 543
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 109022
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551375
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102050
