Overview

Comprehensive Description

Biology

Occurs in coastal waters, forming dense schools. Not entering the mangrove-lined lagoons of the Venezuelan mainland, but is the dominant species of the Los Roques Archipelago off Venezuela and there found as much in the lagoons as outside them. Frequently caught in mixed schools (with A. mitchilli) in the Miami area. Feeds on zooplankton. Ripe females recorded off Florida in June and July. More data needed.
  • 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. Part 2 - Engraulididae. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 189)   http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=189&speccode=4 External link.
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Distribution

Distribution

Gulf of Mexico
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Western Central Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Cuba, Bahamas, Greater and Lesser Antilles, and Yucatan, Mexico to Venezuela; not in Gulf of Mexico; Trinidad south to Guianas; possibly Brazil.
  • 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. Part 2 - Engraulididae. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 189)   http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=189&speccode=4 External link.
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Physical Description

Morphology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 19 - 26
  • 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. Part 2 - Engraulididae. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 189)   http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=189&speccode=4 External link.
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Size

Maximum size: 120 mm TL
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Max. size

12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217))
  • Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez 1992 Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD. (Ref. 5217)   http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5217&speccode=7572 External link.
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Diagnostic Description

Somewhat compressed. Snout pointed, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla pointed, long, reaching to hind border of pre-operculum; walkeri-type gill cover canals. Anal fin origin below about midpoint of dorsal fin base. Anus advanced, nearer to pelvic fin tips than to anal fin origin. Silver stripe along flank with a dark line above, expanded over anal fin, about 3/4 eye diameter (Ref. 189). Back gray, top of head iridescent. Melanophores evenly scattered on back, forming a middorsal line, especially rearward (Ref. 7251).
  • 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. Part 2 - Engraulididae. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 189)   http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=189&speccode=4 External link.
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Type Information

Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1899
Locality: Fajardo, Porto Rico, Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
Vessel: Fish Hawk
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1899
Locality: Hucares, Porto Rico, Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
Vessel: Fish Hawk
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1896
Locality: First Tower, Key West, Florida, Monroe County, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Henderson & P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1914
Locality: Los Arroyos, Cuba, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Henderson & P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1914
Locality: Los Arroyos, Cuba, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1919
Locality: Dry Tortugas, Florida, Monroe County, Dry Tortugas, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
Depth (m): 176 to 176
Vessel: Albatross
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1885
Locality: Key West, Florida., Monroe County, Key West, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
Vessel: Albatross
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): W. King
Year Collected: 1901
Locality: Crawfish Bar, Florida., Florida, United States, North America
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: At anchorage between stations 67 and 68., Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
Vessel: Caroline
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Type for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Velie
Locality: Clear Water Harbor, Florida., Pinellas County, Florida, United States, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
  • Type:
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): M. Trautman
Year Collected: 1936
Locality: Yucatan: Progresso, On Beach, Yucatan, Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): S. Meek & S. Hildebrand
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Fox Bay, Colon, Panama, Colon Province, Panama, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Type for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): D. Jordan
Year Collected: 1883
Locality: Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Atlantic
  • Type: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Collector(s): D. Jordan
Year Collected: 1883
Locality: Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): B. Evermann, W. Kendall & United States Fish Commission (USFC)
Year Collected: 1896
Locality: Florida: 2 mi. West of Key West, Monroe County, Key West, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): W. Longley
Locality: Tortugas, Florida., Monroe County, Dry Tortugas, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): W. Longley
Locality: Tortugas, Florida., Monroe County, Dry Tortugas, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): W. Longley
Year Collected: 1932
Locality: Dry Tortugas, Long Key, Monroe County, Long Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): W. Longley
Locality: Tortugas, Florida., Monroe County, Dry Tortugas, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Paratype for Anchoa lamprotaenia
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): W. Longley
Locality: Tortugas, Florida., Monroe County, Dry Tortugas, Florida, United States, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
  • Paratype: Hildebrand, S. F. 1943. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection. 8 (art. 2): 62.
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Ecology

Habitat

Depth range based on 9 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 1 - 13
  Temperature range (°C): 27.000 - 27.000
  Nitrate (umol/L): 1.632 - 1.632
  Salinity (PPS): 34.818 - 34.818
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.400 - 4.400
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.182 - 0.182
  Silicate (umol/l): 5.794 - 5.794

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 1 - 13
 
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Environment

pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 189)
  • 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. Part 2 - Engraulididae. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 189)   http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=189&speccode=4 External link.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Anchoa lamprotaenia

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 8
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Threats

Not Evaluated
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems

Benefits

Importance

fisheries: subsistence fisheries; bait: usually
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