Blackburns's anchovy

Anchoviella blackburni

Few gill rakers contrast with over twenty anal rays

Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

Blackburns's anchovy is known around Western Central Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 3 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchoviella
Maximum length: 3 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: southern Caribbean on the northern coast of Venezuela. Possibly also Surinam.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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