Anchoa

Anchoa
Anchoa lyolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Genus:	Anchoa D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1927
Type species
Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858

Anchoa is a genus of anchovies. It currently consists of 35 species.

Species

There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:

• Anchoa analis (R. R. Miller, 1945) (Longfin Pacific anchovy)
• Anchoa argentivittata (Regan, 1904) (Regan's anchovy)
• Anchoa belizensis (Thomerson & D. W. Greenfield, 1975) (Belize anchovy)
• Anchoa cayorum (Fowler, 1906) (Key anchovy)
• Anchoa chamensis Hildebrand, 1943 (Chame Point anchovy)
• Anchoa choerostoma (Goode, 1874) (Bermuda anchovy)
• Anchoa colonensis Hildebrand, 1943 (Narrow-striped anchovy)
• Anchoa compressa (Girard, 1858) (Deep-body anchovy)
• Anchoa cubana (Poey, 1868) (Cuban anchovy)
• Anchoa curta (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Short anchovy)
• Anchoa delicatissima (Girard, 1854) (Slough anchovy)
• Anchoa eigenmannia (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Eigenmann's anchovy)
• Anchoa exigua (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)
• Anchoa filifera (Fowler, 1915) (Longfinger anchovy)
• Anchoa helleri (C. L. Hubbs, 1921) (Heller's anchovy)
• Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Broad-striped anchovy)
• Anchoa ischana (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Slender anchovy)
• Anchoa januaria (Steindachner, 1879) (Rio anchovy)
• Anchoa lamprotaenia Hildebrand, 1943 (Big-eye anchovy)
• Anchoa lucida (D. S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Bright anchovy)
• Anchoa lyolepis (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900) (Shortfinger anchovy)
• Anchoa marinii Hildebrand, 1943 (Marini's anchovy)
• Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848) (Bay anchovy)
• Anchoa mundeola (C. H. Gilbert & Pierson, 1898) (False Panama anchovy)
• Anchoa mundeoloides (Breder, 1928) (Northern Gulf anchovy)
• Anchoa nasus (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) (Longnose anchovy)
• Anchoa panamensis (Steindachner, 1877) (Panama anchovy)
• Anchoa parva (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Little anchovy)
• Anchoa pectoralis Hildebrand, 1943 (Bigfin anchovy)
• Anchoa scofieldi (D. S. Jordan & Culver, 1895) (Scofield's anchovy)
• Anchoa spinifer (Valenciennes, 1848) (Spicule anchovy)
• Anchoa starksi (C. H. Gilbert & Pierson, 1898) (Starks' anchovy)
• Anchoa tricolor (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Piquitinga anchovy)
• Anchoa trinitatis (Fowler, 1915) (Trinidad anchovy)
• Anchoa walkeri W. J. Baldwin & Chang, 1970 (Walker's anchovy)

Description

Anchoa are small, silvery fish that range anywhere from 5.8 cm - 24 cm. The smallest of these species is the Anchoa belizensis and the largest is Anchoa spinifer. These fish are distributed throughout the Americas, mostly in the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean.