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Californian anchovy or northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax)
Subject: Californian anchovy or northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax)
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Californian anchovy or northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax)


A school of Californian anchovies, Engraulis mordax. Image ID: nur00008, National Undersearch Research Program (NURP) Collection
Location: Pacific Ocean. Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)
Downloaded from: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nurp/nur00008.htm
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Californian_anchovies.jpg

The Californian anchovy or northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) is a species of anchovy found in the Pacific Ocean, ranging from Mexico to British Columbia. Most California anchovies today are fished for use in animal feed and as bait fish.

Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Engraulis
Species: Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854
Synonyms
    Anchovia maui (Fowler & Bean, 1923)
    Anchoviella mauii Fowler & Bean, 1923
    Engraulis mordax mordax Girard, 1854
    Engraulis nanus Girard, 1858
    Engraulus mordax Girard, 1854

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