| Family: |
Engraulidae (Anchovies), subfamily: Engraulinae |
| Max. size: |
17.9 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 89.0 g |
| Environment: |
pelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Western Central Atlantic drainage (Amazon system, from Rio Mamoré in Bolivia to Manaus, Brazil including the Juruá and probably other tributaries). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 20-22. Body slender, oval in cross-section. Snout long and pointed; maxilla short, tip bluntly rounded, not reaching to front border of pre-operculum, not projecting beyond tip of second supra-maxilla; teeth in jaws minute or absent. gill rakers long and slender, absent on face of third epibranchial. Dorsal fin origin at about midpoint of body; anal fin origin under last dorsal fin ray (Ref. 189). Olive above, silvery on sides and below. Snout blackish above. Fins pale orange; caudal rays blackish at tips (Ref. 37032). |
| Biology: |
Occurs in middle and upper reaches of rivers. The numerous and rather long gillrakers armed with fine setae, together with the very long and highly coiled gut suggest a microplanktonic diet. More data needed. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 06 March 2017 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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