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Common names: Anchovy, Bay anchovy, Northern anchovy
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Kucas, S.T., 1986
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref:
Uses: bait: yes;
Comments: Used as food, as live or dead bait, as feed for fish hatcheries and mink farms, and as industrial fish meal and oil. In 1895 it was abundant in Puget Sound, Washington; mainly used as bait (Ref. 28609). Also Ref. 6885.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (strålfeniga fiskar) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
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Common names from other countries

Anchois de Californie, Anchoa de California, Anchovies, ... more

Main reference

Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana. 1988. (Ref. 189)
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Size / Vikt / Age

Max length : 24.8 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 27436); common length : 15.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9988); publicerad maxvikt: 68.00 g (Ref. 56527); rapporterad maxålder: 7 år (Ref. 6884)

Length at first maturity
L_m 9.6 range ? - ? cm

Miljö

; marina; djupintervall 0 - 310 m (Ref. 96339), usually ? - 219 m (Ref. 54433)

Klimat / Range

Subtropical, preferred 13°C (Ref. 107945); 51°N - 21°N, 131°W - 108°W (Ref. 54433)

Utbredning

Northeast Pacific: northern Vancouver Island south to Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Two subspecies recognized: Engraulis mordax mordax from British Columbia to Baja California and Engraulis mordax nanus in Bays of California.
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Short description

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 14-19; Taggstrålar i analfenan 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 19 - 26; Ryggkotor: 43 - 47. Snout quite sharply pointed; maxilla moderate, tip sharply pointed, reaching to or almost to hind border of pre-operculum, projecting well beyond tip of second supra-maxilla; tip of lower jaw below nostril. gill rakers slender, long; absent on hind face of third epibranchial. Anal fin origin under about base of last dorsal fin ray. A silver stripe along flank, disappearing with age.

Usually found in coastal waters within about 30 km from shore, but as far out as 480 km, forming large, tightly packed schools. Enters bays and inlets. Feeds on euphausiids, copepods and decapod larvae, both by random filter-feeding and by 'pecking' at prey. Oviparous, epipelagic batch spawner (Ref. 6882). Spawns throughout the year, peaking once (Ref. 6882). Processed into fishmeal, used as bait for tuna, occasionally canned (Ref. 9298).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; bete: usually

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5020 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278)
3.1 ±0.28 se; Based on food items.

Resiliens (Ref. 69278)
Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (rm=0.36; K=0.2-0.6; tm=1-4; tmax=7; Fec=4000)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854