Uruguay country information

Common names: Aliche, Anchovy
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: In range Ref. 27363.
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Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
National Database: Dinara

Classification / Names

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

Aliche, Anchovy, Aliche, ... 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 : 14.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27363); common length : 9.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27363)

Environment

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 20 m (Ref. 189)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred ?; 22°S - 40°S, 60°W - 42°W (Ref. 189)

Distribution

Southwest Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 24. Snout long and pointed, almost equal to eye diameter; maxilla fairly long, tip bluntly pointed, reaching just or almost to hind border of pre-operculum; gill cover canals of panamensis-type; pseudobranch long, more than eye diameter, with about 30 filaments. Anus nearer to anal fin origin than to pelvic fin tips (Ref. 189). Body dark blue or greenish above, with a wide silver stripe along sides (Ref. 27363).

Found inshore down to at least 20 m deep (Ref. 189). Presumably feeds on zooplankton (Ref. 189). Eggs recorded off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in July and late August to early September, oval in shape and 0.94-1.02 by 0.68-0.83 mm (Ref. 189).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.4 ±0.45 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (14 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Anchoa marinii Hildebrand, 1943