Anchoa lyolepis

Anchoa lyolepis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Genus:	Anchoa
Species:	A. lyolepis
Binomial name
	Anchoa lyolepis; (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900)
Synonyms
	Stolephorus lyolepis Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900; Anchoviella lyolepis (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900); Anchovia platyargyrea Fowler, 1911; Anchoviella platyargyrea (Fowler, 1911); Engraulis platyargyreus (Fowler, 1911); Anchoa nasuta Hildebrand & J. de P. Carvalho, 1948;

Anchoa lyolepis, the shortfinger anchovy, is a species of anchovy native to the western Atlantic Ocean from New York to Brazil. This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL, though they usually do not exceed 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL. This species is important to local subsistence fisheries and is commonly used as bait.^[1]

References

T. Modde and S. T. Ross, Seasonality of Fishes Occupying a Surf Zone Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, FISH BULL. (SEATTLE). Vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 911–922. 1980.

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anchoa lyolepis". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anchoa lyolepis". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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