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Slough anchovy (Anchoa delicatissima) fish species information

Scientific Name
Anchoa delicatissima

Common Name
Slough anchovy

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 25. Body fairly elongate. Snout moderate, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip pointed, reaching onto inter-operculum, but not to edge of gill cover; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin usually somewhat before midpoint of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank, about 3/4 eye diameter.

Classification

Classified By

Girard, 1854

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Herrings (Clupeiformes)

Family

Anchovies (Engraulidae)

Distribution

Region

Eastern Central Pacific

Distribution

Eastern Central Pacific: Belmont Shores, Long Beach Harbor, California, USA south to Magdalena Bay on the Pacific coast of Baja California; not in Gulf of California.

Range

34°N - 20°N, 120°W - 109°W

Environment

Climate

Subtropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

50 m

Zone

pelagic-neritic

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 189)

Trophic Level

3.33 s.e. 0.43 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

8.0 cm

Common Length

7.0 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=3)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Least Concern (LC)