Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Engraulidae | Anchoa cubana | (Poey) | 1868 | Cuban Anchovy |
Anchoa cubana
Unique Characters: Maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching onto or beyond preoperculum. Pseudobranch short, not extending onto inner face of operculum Anus opening nearer to pelvic-fin tips than to anal-fin origin. Anal-fin origin more posterior, at or near vertical through midpoint of dorsal fin.
Similar Species:
Dusky Anchovy
Anchoa lyolepis
Striped Anchovy
Anchoa hepsetus
Bay Anchovy
Anchoa mitchilli
Dusky Anchovy Anchoa lyolepis. Maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching onto or beyond preoperculum. Pseudobranch long, greater than eye diameter, extending onto inner face of operculum.
Striped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetus. Maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching onto or beyond preoperculum. Pseudobranch short, not extending onto inner face of operculum Anus closer to anal-fin origin than to pelvic-fin tips.
Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli. Maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching onto or beyond preoperculum. Pseudobranch short, not extending onto inner face of operculum Anus opening nearer to pelvic-fin tips than to anal-fin origin. Anal-fin origin at vertical through dorsal-fin origin.
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