Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842

Anchoveta

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Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842

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Description

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Jenyns, L.
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Common names: anchoveta (English), anchoveta (Espanol)
 
Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842

Peruvian anchoveta

Body elongated, rounded; snout long, sharply pointed, prominent; top jaw moderate, reaching only to front edge of preoperculum, with pointed tip; tip of bottom jaw reaching before nostril; fine teeth on lower jaw; gill filament on body under gill cover large, reaching onto inner surface of gill cover; membrane under throat between gill covers not expanded at rear, gill rakers fine and slender, 38-49 lower rakers, third gill arch with rakers on rear surface; gill branch under gill cover longer than eye; dorsal fin origin in mid-body; pectoral short, not reaching pelvics; anal fin short (iii, 18), origin well behind dorsal fin base .

Silver stripe along flank in young fish only.


Size: to 24 cm.

Habitat: marine, coastal pelagic, usually within 80 km of shore.

Depth: 0-50 m?

Ecuador to Chile, Galapagos as a vagrant.

Biology

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Occurs mainly within 80 km of coast, forming huge schools, chiefly in surface waters. A filter-feeder entirely dependent on the rich plankton of the Peruvian Current. In some studies, diatoms constituted as much as 98% of the diet. Large populations of guano birds and pelicans also depend on this fish (Ref. 9988). Utilized as fish meal and oil (Ref. 9988).
References
  • 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. (Ref. 189)   http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=189&speccode=1666 external link
"Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/206650". Accessed 18 Mar 2010.