Perez's Anchovy

Anchoviella perezi

Short jaw barely passes behind the eye

Tropical
Regional distribution
Brackish fish
Atlantic Ocean
Small
Tropical fish

Perez's Anchovy is a brackish-water fish that inhabits rivers and streams. Records describe one especially distinctive detail: Short jaw barely passes behind the eye.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchoviella
Water type: Brackish