Anchoviella carrikeri Fowler, 1940
Carriker's anchovy
Anchoviella carrikeri
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


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