| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CLUPEIFORMES | ENGRAULIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Anchoa mundeola | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898) | |||||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Stolephorus mundeolus Gilbert & Pierson, 1898
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Misidentified as Anchoa panamensis which occurs only in Panama Bay, thus most Anchoa panamensis records north of the Bay will refer to Anchoa mundeola. (Palacios and Phillips 1984) | |||||||||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Assessor/s: | Iwamoto, T., Eschmeyer, W., Alvarado, J., Bussing, W. |
| Reviewer/s: | Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team) |
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Justification: This species has a wide distribution, no major threats, and occurs in Marine Protected Areas. Therefore, this species is listed as Least Concern. |
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| Range Description: | This species is distributed over the tropical eastern Pacific, from the southern Gulf of California to Colombia. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Colombia; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Pacific – southeast; Pacific – eastern central
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| Population: | This is not a common species in Costa Rica. No population data is available for this species. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | The habitat and biology of this species is probably similar to Anchoa panamensis. It is found to 10 m. This is a coastal pelagic fish that enters bays and tolerates lower salinities. In the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, A. mundeola was noted to occur only in the northern region, where salinities are generally lower (Palacios and Phillips 1984). This species feeds on zooplankton, and has pelagic eggs and larvae. |
| Systems: | Freshwater; Marine |
| Major Threat(s): | There are no major threats known for this species. There are no known commercial uses for this species. Individuals taken in artisanal fisheries are consumed by local communities (salted/dryed). |
| Conservation Actions: | There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species' distribution includes a number of Marine Protected Areas in the central tropical eastern Pacific region. More information/research about the possible environmental and human impacts that may affect its survival are needed. |
| Citation: | Iwamoto, T., Eschmeyer, W., Alvarado, J., Bussing, W. 2010. Anchoa mundeola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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