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Anchoviella guianensis in Colombia
Guyana anchovy

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Anchoviella guianensis   (Eigenmann, 1912)
Family:	Engraulidae (Anchovies)			picture (Angui_u0.jpg) by Holm, E.
Order:	Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Guyana anchovy
Max. size:	9.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5217)
Environment:	pelagic; potamodromous
Climate:	tropical; 9°N - 4°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=1,980)
Distribution:	South America: Orinoco system, as far up as Puerto Gaitan on Manacacias River in Colombia, certainly in delta; lower parts of rivers of Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana; lower part of Amazon, but lower limits not known; upper Amazon specimens are not this species.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 14-18. Body fairly slender, moderately compressed. Snout short, a little over 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip bluntly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by 1/3 to 1/2 pupil diameter; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin short, its origin a little behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank, widening to about 1/2 eye diameter over anal fin base (Ref. 189).
Biology:	Occurs in estuaries and rivers, apparently tolerating only very low salinities. Breeds in December: a female of 5.8 cm SL having 2,000 eggs was caught from the Orinoco River mouth (Ref. 12225).
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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Colombia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/co.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
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	Entered:  Carpenter, Kent E.

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