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Engraulidae
Nehu
Encrasicholina purpurea
Night spawning in estuaries
- Tropical
- Island endemic
- Island endemic species
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
SmallNehu is known from Eastern Central Pacific as a fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Encrasicholina
- Maximum length
- 7.5 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Central Pacific: endemic to Hawaii, but its use as a baitfish may spread its range.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
