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Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854

Californian anchovy
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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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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
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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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Common names from other countries

Anchois de Californie, Anchoa de California, Northern anchovy, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Engraulidae (Anchovies) > Engraulinae
Etymology: Engraulis: Greek, eggraulis, -eos = anchovy (Ref. 45335);  mordax: Genus name from the Greek 'engraulis' meaning anchovy; species name from the Latin 'mordax' meaning biting (Ref. 27436).
  More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 310 m (Ref. 96339), usually ? - 219 m (Ref. 54433).   Subtropical; 51°N - 21°N, 131°W - 108°W (Ref. 54433)

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