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Anchoviella vaillanti

(Vaillant's Anchovy, Vaillant's Anchovy)

Overview

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Family : Anchovies ; Occurs in middle reaches of rivers . More data needed.

Common Names

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Common Names in Czech:

Sardel Vaillantova

Common Names in English:

Vaillant's Anchovy

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

伐氏小公魚, 伐氏小公魚, 伐氏小公鱼

Common Names in Portuguese:

Manjuba

Common Names in Sinhalese:

Vaikkaya

Description

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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

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Pelagic .

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Amplova vaillanti (Steindachner, 1908)
  2. Anchoviella vaillanti (Steindachner, 1908)
  3. Engraulis vaillanti Steindachner, 1908

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 07-Sep-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Anchoviella

There are approximately 26 species in this genus:

A. alleni (Allen's Anchovy) · Engraulis eurystole · A. balboae (Balboa Anchovy) · Anchoa tricolor · A. blackburni (Blackburn's Anchovy) · A. brevirostris (Snubnose Anchovy) · A. carrikeri (Carriker's Anchovy) · A. cayennensis (Cayenne Anchovy) · A. delicatissimus · A. eigenmannia · A. elongata (Elongate Anchovy) · Anchoa hepsetus · A. guianensis (Guyana Anchovy) · A. hepsetus · A. jamesi (James's Anchovy) · A. lepidentostole (Anchovy) · A. manamensis (Manamo Anchovy) · A. miarcha · A. mitchilli · A. nattereri (Natterer's Anchovy) · A. parri · A. perezi · A. perfasciata (Anchovy) · Cetengraulis edentulus · A. vaillanti (Vaillant's Anchovy) · A. guianensis

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Last Revised: 2008-08-21