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Anchoviella carrikeri Fowler, 1940 Carriker's anchovy |
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photo by
FAO |
| Family: | Engraulidae (Anchovies), subfamily: Engraulinae | |||
| Max. size: | 6.5 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: endemic to the Amazon system (from the Chapare River mouth to the lower reaches). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 15-18. Body fairly slender, moderately compressed. Snout moderate, a little over 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip bluntly rounded, failing to reach pre-operculum by about 1/4 pupil diameter; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin a little behind base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank, widening to about eye diameter over anal fin. | |||
| Biology: | Occurs in middle 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 | |||