Jurengraulis
juruensis
(Boulenger, 1898)
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Family:
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Engraulidae
(Anchovies)
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Google Image (not verified) http://www.ccfishery.net
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Order:
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Clupeiformes
(herrings)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Jurua anchovy |
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Max. size:
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16.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 189) |
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Environment: |
pelagic; freshwater
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Climate: |
tropical; 0°S - 14°S |
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Importance:
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Resilience: |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
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Distribution:
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Western Central Atlantic drainage (Amazon system, from Rio Mamor?in Bolivia to Manaus, Brazil including the Juru?and probably other tributaries).
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
spines
(total): 0 - 0;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 20 – 22. Body slender, oval in cross-section. Snout long and pointed; maxilla short, tip bluntly rounded, not reaching to front border of pre-operculum, not projecting beyond tip of second supra-maxilla; teeth in jaws minute or absent. gill rakers long and slender, absent on face of third epibranchial. Dorsal fin origin at about midpoint of body; anal fin origin under last dorsal fin ray (Ref. 189). Olive above, silvery on sides and below. Snout blackish above. Fins pale orange; caudal rays blackish at tips (Ref. 37032).
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Biology: |
Occurs in middle and upper reaches of rivers. The numerous and rather long gillrakers armed with fine setae, together with the very long and highly coiled gut suggest a microplanktonic diet. More data needed.
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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