Lycengraulis
batesii
(Günther, 1868)
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Family:
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Engraulidae
(Anchovies)
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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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Bates' sabretooth anchovy |
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Max. size:
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30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5217) |
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Environment: |
pelagic; freshwater; brackish
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Climate: |
tropical; 9°N - 7°S |
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Importance:
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries |
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Resilience: |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
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Distribution:
saved form ccfishery.net
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South America: drainage (Orinoco, as far up as the Rio Manacacias in Colombia, rivers of the Guianas, and Amazon at least as far up as Teffe and the Jutahi River - if specimens were identified correctly - and even as far up as the Ucayali, Huallaga and Moroña Rivers of the upper Amazon).
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
spines
(total): 0 - 0;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 26 – 30. Snout about 3/4 eye diameter, maxilla moderate, tip pointed, reaching almost to or just beyond front margin of pre-operculum. gill rakers short and stumpy. Dorsal fin origin well behind midpoint of body; anal fin origin below first to fourth branched dorsal fin rays. Silver stripe along flank, twice eye diameter at widest, lost in fishes over 10 to 12 cm SL; curve of black dots on operculum (Ref. 189).
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Biology: |
Occurs far up rivers, but apparently reaches down to river mouths. Carnivorous, feeds on small fishes and probably crustaceans (Ref. 12225). A ripe female of 17.2 cm SL was recorded at Tucupita, Orinoco delta in Venezuela.
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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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