Ecuador country information

Common names: Anchoveta, Carduma, Chuchueco
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1992
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 189.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
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Common names from other countries

Anchois chuchueco, Anchoveta chuchueco, Pacific anchovy, ... more

Main reference

Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana. 1988. (Ref. 189)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 22.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96339); common length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9298); max. reported age: 3 years (Ref. 905)

Length at first maturity
L_m 12.9, range 12 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 32 m (Ref. 96339)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 32°N - 4°S, 115°W - 78°W (Ref. 54323)

Distribution

Eastern Pacific: southwestern coast of Baja California, Mexico and from the Gulf of California to northern Peru (up to the Bay of Sechura). Apparently reaching Los Angeles, USA, but these are perhaps releases from tuna boats.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 24. Head large and deep. Snout short and pointed, about 2/3 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip blunt, just failing to reach lower jaw articulation; lower gill rakers fine and numerous, increasing in large fishes; no gill rakers on posterior face of third epibranchial. Branchiostegal rays 8, long and slender; branchiostegal membrane broad. Silver stripe disappearing at about 8-10 cm SL.

Occurs inshore, principally over mud flats and forming quite large schools. Apparently not making long migrations along sandy or rocky areas. Juveniles feed principally on diatoms, also silico-flagellates, dinoflagellates and small crustaceans; adults also mainly on benthic diatoms. Used as tuna baitfish. Processed into fishmeal and oil.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; bait: usually

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
2.5 ±0.21 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.9-2.6; tm=1; tmax=4)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (12 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Cetengraulis mysticetus (Günther, 1867)