Common names: anchovy (English), anchoa (Espanol)
 
Anchoa mundeola (Gilbert & Pierson in Jordan & Evermann, 1898)

False Panama anchovy



Moderately deep, compressed; snout short, pointed; top jaw medium length, reaching mid interopercle, tip bluntly pointed; membrane between gill covers not expanded at rear; third gill arch with a few short rakers on its rear face; 21-25 lower gill rakers; no large canine teeth; dorsal fin origin in mid-body; anal fin base long, 27-33 rays, origin usually just behind origin of dorsal fin; pectorals long, reaching base of pelvics; tips of pelvics not reaching under origin of dorsal fin.

Silver stripe along flank narrow, ~ ½ eye diameter wide.

Size: 16 cm.

Habitat: marine, coastal pelagic, tolerates lower salinities.

Depth: 0-10 m?

Southern Gulf of California to Colombia.