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Engraulidae
slough anchovy
Anchoa delicatissima
Midwater schools gather in estuaries and bay backwaters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- North America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
Smallslough anchovy is a marine fish from Eastern Central Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 12 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Anchoa
- Maximum length
- 12 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Central Pacific: Belmont Shores, Long Beach Harbor, California, USA south to Magdalena Bay on the Pacific coast of Baja California; not in Gulf of California.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
