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Natterer'S Anchovy

Anchoviella nattereri (Steindachner 1879)

Diagnostic Description

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Snout fairly long, 4 times in head but less than eye diameter; maxilla short, tip nearly square, not quite reaching to articulation of lower jaw; lower gill rakers (not counted), about equal to eye diameter. Pectoral fin long, reaching halfway along pelvic fin; anal fin long, its origin below middle of dorsal fin base. An indistinct silver stripe along flank.
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Crispina B. Binohlan
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Life Cycle

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Spawn in school (Ref. 205).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 28 - 29
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Biology

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Presumably riverine or estuarine. More material and data needed.
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