Ecuador country information

Common names: Chimiña plateada, Chumumo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 189.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Béarez, P., 1996
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Classification / Names

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

أنشوفة فِضِّيَّة, 黎氏小鳀, Anchois argenté, ... 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 : 12.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96339); common length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)

Environment

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 189)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 28°N - 5°S, 111°W - 77°W (Ref. 189)

Distribution

Eastern Pacific: southern half of Gulf of California to Ecuador, excluding the Galapagos Islands.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 17. Body fairly elongate. Snout long, about equal to eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip rather bluntly pointed, reaching onto inter-operculum, but not to edge of gill cover; gill cover canals of panamensis-type. Anal fin very short, its origin below or behind last dorsal fin ray base. A silver stripe along flank, about 3/4 eye diameter.

A schooling species found in coastal waters. Caught over sand or gravel in the Gulf of Nicoya but not in inner parts of the Gulf. May spawn over a protracted period in Gulf of Nicoya. The eggs are oval. TL = 1.25 SL.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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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 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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 argentivittata (Regan, 1904)