Author: (Swainson, 1839)
FBname: Zabaleta anchovy
Comments: Found inshore forming quite large schools and also in estuaries, mangroves and other lagoons, penetrating into almost freshwater (salinities of 4.9-32.25 ppt in Santa Cruz Canal, Pernambuco, Brazil).  Feeds by filtering plankton.  No data on spawning.