Trinidad anchovy

Anchoa trinitatis

Large schools fill shallow turbid mangrove lagoons

Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

Trinidad anchovy is a marine fish that inhabits mangrove waters. Records describe one especially distinctive detail: Large schools fill shallow turbid mangrove lagoons.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchoa
Maximum length: 14 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Trinidad and westward to Margarita Island and the Gulf of Venezuela; reaches Cartagena in Colombia if the reported occurrence there (Ref. 5518 ) is correct.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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