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Starks's anchovy (Anchoa starksi)
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Starks's anchovy (Anchoa starksi) specimen
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Engraulidae

Starks's anchovy

Anchoa starksi

Long pseudobranch stays within low salinity inner gulf

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Starks's anchovy is a fish of Eastern Pacific. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 7.7 cm. Its body is an elongated body.

Genus
Anchoa
Maximum length
7.7 cm
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: El Salvador to Ecuador, perhaps south to northern Peru.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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