striped anchovy

Anchoa hepsetus

Dense schools endure hypersaline and nearly fresh water

Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

striped anchovy is a marine fish associated with ocean habitats. The available account notes this characteristic: Dense schools endure hypersaline and nearly fresh water.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchoa
Maximum length: 15.3 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA perhaps occasionally straying north to Maine or even Nova Scotia (Canada), south to Fort Pierce, Florida (but not Florida Keys) and at least northern Gulf of Mexico; also from Gulf of Venezuela south to Uruguay. Replaced by Anchoa colonensis in the West Indies.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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