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Anchoviella carrikeri in Bolivia
Carriker's anchovy

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Anchoviella carrikeri   Fowler, 1940
Family:	Engraulidae (Anchovies)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Carriker's anchovy
Max. size:	6.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 189)
Environment:	pelagic
Climate:	tropical; 0°S - 15°S
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	South America: endemic to the Amazon system (from the Chapare River mouth to the lower reaches).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 15-18. Body fairly slender, moderately compressed. Snout moderate, a little over 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip bluntly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by about 1/4 pupil diameter; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin a little behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank, widening to about eye diameter over anal fin.
Biology:	Occurs in middle and upper reaches of rivers. More data needed
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana. 1988. (Ref. 189)
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Bolivia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bl.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
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