WINGFIN ANCHOVY

Pterengraulis atherinoides

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Pterengraulis atherinoides (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Occurs in estuaries and freshwater bodies, reaching some distance inland (at least 17 km up the Suriname River; to above Santarem on the Amazon). The short and few gillrakers suggest predatory feeding on small fishes, etc. Locally consumed (Ref. 5217).