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Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Common in shallow sheltered waters like harbors, etc., forming compact schools. Spawning peak is in July or August. Eggs are ellipsoidal (Ref. 189).
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=189&speccode=4
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Distribution
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts south to Florida and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico - at least to about Mississippi sound, but not recorded elsewhere; Venezuelan coast to northern Brazil at 2°19'N.
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=189&speccode=4
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Banquereau Bank to Florida
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, North West Atlantic
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http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Johnson CL, Runge JA, Curtis KA, Durbin EG, Hare JA, Incze LS, Link J, Melvin GD, O'Brien TD, Van Guelpen, L (in revision) Biodiversity and ecosystem function in the Gulf of Maine: pattern and role of zooplankton and pelagic nekton. PLoS One.
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 13 - 18
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Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=188&speccode=24
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Size
Max. size
15.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 37032))
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Bigelow, H.B., M.G. Bradbury, J.R. Dymond, J.R. Greeley, S.F. Hildebrand, G.W. Mead, R.R. Miller, L.R. Rivas, W.L. Schroeder, R.D. Suttkus and V.D. Vladykov 1963 Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part three. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ. (Ref. 37032)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37032&speccode=2590
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Diagnostic Description
Hardly differs from European anchovy (see E. encrasicolus) and can be identified from that description. Differs from Atlantic species of Anchoviella by its much longer pseudobranch (more than eye diameter and reaching onto inner face of operculum); differs from Atlantic species of Anchoa in its short and blunt-tipped maxilla (cf. pointed and reaching onto pre-operculum or beyond) (Ref. 189).
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Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=188&speccode=24
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Type Information
Paratype for Engraulis eurystole
Catalog Number: USNM 119796
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): P. Blackburn
Year Collected: 1925
Locality: Venezuela: Gulf of Estauques Bay, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
Catalog Number: USNM 119796
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): P. Blackburn
Year Collected: 1925
Locality: Venezuela: Gulf of Estauques Bay, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
- Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 115.
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Type for Engraulis eurystole
Catalog Number: USNM 119795
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Collector(s): P. Blackburn
Year Collected: 1925
Locality: Venezuela: Gulf of Estauques Bay, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
Catalog Number: USNM 119795
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Collector(s): P. Blackburn
Year Collected: 1925
Locality: Venezuela: Gulf of Estauques Bay, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
- Type: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 115.
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 124 - 282 m (Ref. 5951)
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Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott 1988 Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219:731 p. (Ref. 5951)
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nektonic
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Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found to depths of 65 m in shallow sheltered waters like harbours.
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Depth range based on 178 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 69 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 3.5 - 188
Temperature range (°C): 7.263 - 27.366
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.325 - 17.133
Salinity (PPS): 32.468 - 36.392
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.294 - 6.765
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.090 - 1.270
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 11.806
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 3.5 - 188
Temperature range (°C): 7.263 - 27.366
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.325 - 17.133
Salinity (PPS): 32.468 - 36.392
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.294 - 6.765
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.090 - 1.270
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 11.806
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 69 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 3.5 - 188
Temperature range (°C): 7.263 - 27.366
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.325 - 17.133
Salinity (PPS): 32.468 - 36.392
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.294 - 6.765
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.090 - 1.270
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 11.806
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 3.5 - 188
Temperature range (°C): 7.263 - 27.366
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.325 - 17.133
Salinity (PPS): 32.468 - 36.392
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.294 - 6.765
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.090 - 1.270
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 11.806
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Depth: 0 - 65m.
Recorded at 65 meters.
Habitat: pelagic.
Recorded at 65 meters.
Habitat: pelagic.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Engraulis eurystole
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
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There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
GTAGGGACAGCACTT---AGCCTCCTTATTCGAGCAGAACTAAGCCAACCAGGAGCACTTCTGGGGGAC---GATCAAATTTATAACGTAATCGTTACTGCTCACGCATTCGTAATAATCTTTTTCATGGTAATGCCCATTCTAATCGGTGGGTTCGGGAATTGACTAGTTCCTCTTATA---CTAGGGGCCCCAGACATGGCATTCCCCCGAATGAACAATATGAGCTTTTGACTCCTTCCCCCTTCTTTCCTTCTCCTCTTAGCATCATCTGGTGTTGAAGCAGGGGCCGGGACAGGATGAACAGTCTACCCCCCTCTAGCAGGAAACCTCGCCCACGCCGGAGCGTCAGTGGATTTA---ACAATCTTCTCTCTCCACTTGGCAGGGATTTCATCGATCCTAGGTGCCATTAATTTCATTACTACCATCATTAATATGAAACCACCTGCTATTTCACAATACCAGACACCTCTATTTGTCTGAGCTGTATTAATCACGGCAGTACTTTTACTTCTTTCACTACCCGTTCTAGCTGCT---GGGATTACTATGCTTCTTACAGACCGAAACCTAAATACTACTTTCTTTGACCCAGCAGGGGGAGGAGACCCAATTCTTTATCAACACCTATTCTGATTCTTCGGGCACCCCGAAGTATACATTCTTATTCTTCCCGGATTCGGGATGATTTCCCACATTGTAGCTTACTACGCCGGTAAAAAA---GAACCTTTCGGATATATGGGTATGGTCTGAGCCATGATGGCTATCGGACTACTAGGGTTCATTGTATGAGCCCACCACATGTTCACAGTAGGTATGGACGTAGATACTCGAGCATAC
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Engraulis eurystole
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family
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Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. (Ref. 171)
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