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Scofield'S Anchovy

Anchoa scofieldi (Jordan & Culver 1895)

Diagnostic Description

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Snout moderate, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip pointed, reaching onto inter-operculum, but not to edge of gill cover; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin moderate, its origin under or just before midpoint of dorsal fin base. A broad silver stripe along flank, about width of eye.
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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: 21 - 25
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Biology

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Occurs in coastal waters. More data needed.
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