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Engraulidae
James's anchovy
Anchoviella jamesi
Forty vertebrae follow an exceptionally short snout
- Tropical
- Middle river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallJames's anchovy is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Anchoviella
- Maximum length
- 5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon system (Ucayali, Jutai, Tapajós, Tocantins and probably other tributaries, also Rio Negro) and Orinoco (middle reaches).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
