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Anchoviella jamesi in Colombia
James's anchovy

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Anchoviella jamesi   (Jordan & Seale, 1926)
Family:	Engraulidae (Anchovies)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	James's anchovy
Max. size:	4.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 189)
Environment:	pelagic
Climate:	tropical; 9°N - 6°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	South America: Amazon system (Ucayali, Jutai, Tapajós, Tocantins and probably other tributaries, also Rio Negro) and Orinoco (middle reaches).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 16-21. Body fairly slender, somewhat compressed. Snout very short, about 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla very short, tip bluntly rounded, reaching only a little beyond hind rim of eye; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank.
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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Colombia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/co.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Kullander, S.O. and C.J. Ferraris, Jr., 2003
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	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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