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Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854

Californian anchovy
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Engraulis mordax   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Image of Engraulis mordax (Californian anchovy)
Engraulis mordax
Picture by FAO

Mexico country information

Common names: Anchoveta, Anchoveta norteña, Anchoveta norteña
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Anonymous, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Anonymous, 1994
Uses: bait: yes;
Comments: Ranges from Cape San Lucas, Baja California northward but is abundant only from Magdalena Bay northward in Mexico (Ref. 11568, 11532). Recorded from several localities in Baja California Sur (Ref. 37955). Processed into fishmeal and oil. Minimum size for the fishery: 10 cm. Catch season: whole year. Also Ref. 96339.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

التصنيف / Names الأسماء الشائعة | مرادفات | Catalog of Fishes(جنس, الانواع) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 البيئة

بحري; نطاق العمق 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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