Species FAO code: ANB

Anchoa mitchilli

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Denmark	da Nordvestatlantisk ansjos	–
Finland	fi länsiatlantinsardelli sv gulfansjovis	–
Slovenia	sl zalivski sardon	–
Sweden	sv Gulfansjovis	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)

Habitat

Saltwater
Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)

Scientific name

Anchoa mitchilli

Author

(Valenciennes, 1848)

Rank

Species

FAO code

ANB

Morphological description

Body variable, more slender in northern populations. Snout fairly blunt, a little over 1/2 eye diameter; maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching beyond hind border of pre-operculum, almost to gill opening; panamensis-type gill cover canals. Anal fin rays rarely 28, its origin below unbranched dorsal fin rays. Anus nearer to pelvic fin tips than to anal fin origin.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderClupeiformes
  - FamilyEngraulidae
    - GenusAnchoa
      - SpeciesAnchoa mitchilli

Synonyms

Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848
Engraulis louisiana Lesueur, 1848
Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)

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Anchoa mitchilli

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 21 - Atlantic, Northwest

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest