Engraulidae

Spicule anchovy

Anchoa spinifer

Tiny gill cover spur marks over thirty anal rays

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

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