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Engraulidae
sharpnose anchovy
Anchoa ischana
Females carry oval eggs throughout the year
sharpnose anchovy is a marine fish from Eastern Central Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 17 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Anchoa
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Central Pacific: southwestern coast of Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California to Panama and the Galápagos Islands.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

