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Anchoa compressa (Girard, 1858)
DEEP BODY ANCHOVY
Deepbody Anchovy

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Anchoa compressa
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Anchoa compressa

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Overview
Main identification features
  • snout pointed, 1/2-3/4 eye
  • deep body
  • top jaw - not to edge preopercle, blunt tip
  • lower gill rakers 21-24
  • anal fin 27-31, origin just before center d
Body moderately deep, compressed; snout pointed, ½-3/4 of eye diameter long; top jaw medium length, not reaching rear of preopercle, tip blunt; no large canine teeth; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear; third gill arch with raker; 21-24 rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; dorsal fin origin in mid-body; anal fin base long, 27-31 rays, origin just before middle of dorsal fin; pectorals long, reaching base of pelvics.

Bright silver stripe along flank often as wide as eye, not fading in death.

Size: 16.5 cm.

Habitat: marine, coastal pelagic, most commonly found in bays.

Depth: 0-18.5 m.

Point Conception, California to Magdalena Bay, Baja California.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap).
Depth Range Max: 18.5 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: phytoplankton; zooplankton; pelagic fish eggs; pelagic fish larvae.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=36; Southern limit=25; Western limit=-121; Eastern limit=-112; Latitudinal range=11; Longitudinal range=9.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; TEP non-endemic; All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 16.5 cm.
Regional Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; California province, primarily; Continent only; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Continent; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Surface; Near Surface; Water column only;


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References
  • Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398.
  • Girard, C., 1858., Fishes. In General report upon zoology fo the several Pacific railrad routes, 1857., U. S. Senate Misc. Doc., (78):1-400.
  • Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp.

Acknowledgements

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