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Engraulidae
slender anchovy
Anchoa exigua
Females carry few oval eggs in August and September
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Smallslender anchovy is known around Eastern Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 7.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Anchoa
- Maximum length
- 7.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: southern Gulf of California to Panama; perhaps extending to Colombia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
