bignose anchovy

Anchoa nasus

Silver stripe fades once the body passes ten centimeters

bignose anchovy is a marine fish of Eastern Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 17 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchoa
Maximum length: 17 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: San Juanico Bay, northern Gulf of California southward to Callao, Peru and perhaps further south. The record from Santa Margarita Island on the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico is based solely on the now lost type of Stolephorus cultratus .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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