Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1861)

Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5083 (1), pp. 1-72 : 23

Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1861) .

Big Scale Anchovy, Large Scale Anchovy; Anchoa Escamas Grandes, Anchoveta Escamuda.

Distribution: Global: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from central Baja California Sur, Mexico, to northern Peru; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: Tr (Pacific), 0– 17 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Bussing & López (1994: 52; brief description, including an illustration), Angulo et al. (2013: 990; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Allen (2015: 499; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).