Spicule anchovy

Anchoa spinifer

Tiny gill cover spur marks over thirty anal rays

Spicule anchovy is a freshwater fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 24 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchoa
Maximum length: 24 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Panama to Trinidad and south to at least Santos, Brazil, perhaps further. Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica to the northern border of Peru at 3°34'S, perhaps further. Also found in freshwater.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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