Perez's Anchovy

Anchoviella perezi

Short jaw barely passes behind the eye

Tropical
Regional distribution
Brackish fish
Atlantic Ocean
Small
Tropical fish

Perez's Anchovy is a brackish-water fish that inhabits rivers and streams. Records describe one especially distinctive detail: Short jaw barely passes behind the eye.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchoviella
Maximum length: 3.6 cm
Water: Brackish
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Orinoco River basin delta.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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