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Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842
ANCHOVETA
Peruvian anchoveta

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Engraulis ringens
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Engraulis ringens

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Overview
Main identification features
  • top jaw reaches front preopercle
  • lower jaw tip before nostril
  • anal fin origin well behind dorsal fin
Body slender, elongate, rounded; snout long and sharply pointed; top jaw relatively short, reaching only to front of preopercle, tip blunt; lower jaw reaching before nostil; no large canine teeth; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear; third gill arch without rakers; 38-49 long, slender rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; dorsal fin origin in mid-body; anal fin base short, 18 rays, origin well behind last dorsal ray.

Silver stripe along flank in young fish only.

Size: to 24 cm.

Habitat: marine, coastal pelagic, usually within 80 km of shore.

Depth: 0-50 m?.

Ecuador to Chile, Galapagos as a vagrant.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 50 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: zooplankton; phytoplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=2; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=11; Longitudinal range=14.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 24 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Peruvian province, primarily; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Near Surface; Surface; Water column only;


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References
  • Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
  • Grant , W. S. and Bowen, B. W., 1998., Shallow population histories in deep evolutionary lineages of marine fishes: Insights from sardines and anchovies and lessons for conservation., Journal of Heredity, 89:415-426.
  • Hildebrand, S.F., 1946., A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 189:1-530.
  • Jenyns, L., 1842., Fish. In: C. Darwin, ed. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Issued in 4 parts., Smith, Elder & Co.:i-xvi + 1-172.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.

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