Anchoa lyolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchoa
Species:
A. lyolepis
Binomial name
Anchoa lyolepis
(Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Stolephorus lyolepis Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900
  • Anchoviella lyolepis (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900)
  • Anchovia platyargyrea Fowler, 1911
  • Anchoviella platyargyrea (Fowler, 1911)
  • Engraulis platyargyreus (Fowler, 1911)
  • Anchoa nasuta Hildebrand & J. de P. Carvalho, 1948

Anchoa lyolepis, the shortfinger anchovy, is a species of anchovy native to the western Atlantic Ocean from New York to Brazil. This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL, though they usually do not exceed 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL. This species is important to local subsistence fisheries and is commonly used as bait.[1]

References

  • T. Modde and S. T. Ross, Seasonality of Fishes Occupying a Surf Zone Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, FISH BULL. (SEATTLE). Vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 911–922. 1980.
  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Anchoa lyolepis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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