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Anchovia surinamensis in Suriname
Surinam anchovy

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Anchovia surinamensis   (Bleeker, 1865)
Family:	Engraulidae (Anchovies)			picture (Ansur_u4.jpg) by Holm, E.
Order:	Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Surinam anchovy
Max. size:	15.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 12225)
Environment:	pelagic
Climate:	tropical; 11°N - 1°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Central and South America: lower parts of rivers from Trinidad and eastern Venezuela south to Para, Brazil.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 20-25. Snout moderate and pointed, tip well above center of eye; maxilla short, tip blunt, failing to reach articulation of lower jaw by about 1/3 eye diameter, not extending behind end of second supra-maxilla; sub-operculum with angular hind margin, not formed into a triangular projection; gill rakers fine and slender. Silver stripe along flank, up to 1.5 eye diameter at widest (Ref. 189). Lacks membrane connecting the gill covers across the isthmus, longer and narrower cheek, higher dorsal and longer pectoral. Deep body and numerous gill rakers (Ref. 37032).
Biology:	Occurs in estuaries and rivers to collect food. At certain months of the year, mainly Feb.-Mar., this fish is very abundant and forms an important part of the fisheries (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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Suriname country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type locality (Ref. 46206).
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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	Modified:  Garilao, Cristina V.	Entered:  Carpenter, Kent E.

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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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