Anchoa lyolepis
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Genus: | Anchoa |
Species: | A. lyolepis
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Binomial name | |
Anchoa lyolepis (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900)
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Anchoa lyolepis, the shortfinger anchovy, is a species of anchovy native to the western Atlantic Ocean from New York to Brazil. This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL, though they usually do not exceed 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL. This species is important to local subsistence fisheries and is commonly used as bait.[1]
References
- T. Modde and S. T. Ross, Seasonality of Fishes Occupying a Surf Zone Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, FISH BULL. (SEATTLE). Vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 911–922. 1980.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anchoa lyolepis". FishBase. April 2013 version.