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Engraulidae
flat anchovy
Anchoviella perfasciata
Daytime offshore fish crowd beneath lights at night
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Smallflat anchovy is a marine fish recorded from ocean habitats. A concise clue to the species is: Daytime offshore fish crowd beneath lights at night.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Anchoviella
- Maximum length
- 11 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Beaufort, North Carolina south to Florida (USA); Antilles from Cuba to St. Lucia, also Trinidad, but not recorded at Blanquilla and Los Roques off Venezuela; also occurs off Panama.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
