Anchoviella alleni (Myers, 1940)
Allen's anchovy
photo by FAO

Family:  Engraulidae (Anchovies), subfamily: Engraulinae
Max. size:  8.8 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: endemic to the Amazon (upper Amazon system: Lake Cashiboya, Ucayali, MaraƱon and Morona Rivers).
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 15-18. Body fairly slender, moderately compressed. Snout moderate, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla short, failing to reach pre-operculum by about 1/2 pupil diameter; gill cover pattern not recorded. Anal fin fairly short, its origin below or a little behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank, up to eye diameter in depth (Ref. 189).
Biology:  A freshwater species occurring in lakes and upper reaches of rivers. More data needed.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 06 March 2017 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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