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Anchoa curta in Mexico
Short anchovy

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Anchoa curta   (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Family:	Engraulidae (Anchovies)			picture (Ancur_u0.gif) by FAO
Order:	Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Short anchovy
Max. size:	6.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 189)
Environment:	pelagic-neritic ; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate:	tropical; 28°N - 6°S
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Eastern Pacific: central part of the Gulf of California (Rio Yaqui, Mexico) to the Gulf of Guayaquil, Peru.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 19-23. Body moderately elongate, but somewhat compressed. Snout fairly short, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla long, tip sharply pointed, reaching almost to edge of gill cover; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin under or a little before midpoint of dorsal fin base. A narrow silver stripe along flank.
Biology:	A schooling species occurring in coastal waters, most often in muddy estuaries in fully salt, brackish or apparently freshwater, penetrating only a few kilometers up rivers. Maturing females were caught in January, August and October in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, suggesting a protracted spawning season. The eggs are oval. TL = 1.219 SL
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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Mexico country information
Common names:	Anchoa chaparra, Short anchovy, Anchoa corta, Anchoa		Ref:  Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Ranges from Sinaloa southward (Ref. 9298). Reported from Baja California Sur (Ref. 37955).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
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	Checked:  Garilao, Cristina V.	Modified:  Garilao, Cristina V.	Entered:  Carpenter, Kent E.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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