Zabaleta anchovy

The Zabaleta anchovy lives in the benthopelagic, oceanodromous, brackish, marine, depth range 0 - 50 m environment.

Our results indicate that the zabaleta anchovy is planktophagous, actively selecting copepods and detritus throughout the year. Individuals also exhibit positive selectivity of fish eggs and crab zoea on a seasonal basis and at different times of the day. More

Common names

Anchoa in Spanish (español)
Anchoa bocona in Spanish (español)
Anchois hachude in French (français)
Anchoveta in Spanish (español)
anchoveta sardina in Spanish (español)
Anchovy in English
Anchwa in Creole, French
Anchwa in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Anszowia karaibska in Polish (polski)
Arenca in Spanish (español)
Arenque in Portuguese (Português)
Boca torta in Portuguese (Português)
Broadhead anchovy in English
Camiguana in Spanish (español)
Grubber broadhead in English
Hachudo in Spanish (español)
Makélélou in Carib
Makélélou in Galibi
Manjuba in Portuguese (Português)
Pilombeta in Portuguese (Português)
Piquete in Spanish (español)
Sardel sleďovitá in Czech (česky)
Sardina in Spanish (español)
Sardina bocona in Spanish (español)
Sardinha in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha gulelê in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha verdadeira in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-olhão in Portuguese (Português)
Zabaleta anchovy in English
Zaran in Creole, French
Zaran in Creoles and Pidgins, French
似鯡多耙鯷 in Mandarin Chinese
似鲱多耙鳀 in Mandarin Chinese
黑多耙鯷 in Mandarin Chinese
黑多耙鳀 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Clupeiformes
Family : Engraulidae
Genus : Anchovia
Species : Anchovia clupeoides
Authority : Swainson, 1839