Japanese anchovy

Engraulis japonicus

Engraulid Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters

Japanese anchovy is a marine fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 18 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Engraulis
Maximum length: 18 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Pacific: southern Sakhalin Islands, Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts of Japan, and south to almost Canton/Taiwan; rare records (seems to represent stray fishes) off the coasts of Luzon and Western Mindanao, Philippines and from Manado and Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi, Indonesia (Ref. 189 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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