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Anchoviella manamensis in Suriname
Manamo anchovy

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Anchoviella manamensis   Cervigón, 1982
Family:	Engraulidae (Anchovies)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Manamo anchovy
Max. size:	2.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 189)
Environment:	pelagic
Climate:	tropical; 10°N - 6°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	South America: Orinoco delta, Venezuela; also Guyana and Surinam.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 15-18. 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 border of eye; gill cover canal pattern not recorded. Anal fin fairly short, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base.
Biology:	Occurs in large schools together with juvenile Anchovia surinamensis and slightly larger juvenile Lycengraulis batesii, which appear to feed on the Anchoviella. Mature by about 2 cm SL; a female of 2.5 cm had 157 large eggs in the ovary. This is evidently a progenetic species (adult at juvenile stage)
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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Suriname 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/ns.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.caricom-fisheries.com/suriname
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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