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Elongate anchovy (Anchoviella elongata)
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Elongate anchovy (Anchoviella elongata) specimen
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Engraulidae

Elongate anchovy

Anchoviella elongata

Long blunt maxilla passes the front edge of the preoperculum

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

Elongate anchovy is known around Western Central Atlantic as a fish; Records give a maximum length of 15.9 cm, and its body is an elongated body.

Maximum length
15.9 cm
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: Belize south to Panama and northeastern Colombia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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