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Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Anchoviella: Italian ancioa = anchovy (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr William James (1842–1910) was a physician, psychologist and philosopher, regarded as perhaps the USA’s greatest philosopher. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Seale.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico. Tropical; 9°N - 6°S
South America: Amazon system (Ucayali, Jutai, Tapajós, Tocantins and probably other tributaries, also Rio Negro) and Orinoco (middle reaches).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 89861)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 16 - 21. 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 rim of eye; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Occurs in middle and upper reaches of rivers. More data needed.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Spawn in school (Ref. 205).
Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 189)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00553 - 0.01505), b=3.24 (3.10 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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