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Anchoa

WoRMS 158697ITIS 161837key worms:158697
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2026-08-05: itis_id 161837 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Matt Kolmann · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Anchoa panamensis

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Dusky anchovy ( Anchoa lyolepis ). Gulf of Mexico.
Photo · SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC · Public domain · commons

Anchoa is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Engraulidae. It currently consists of 35 species.W CalCOFI holds 29 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2006, as larva.R

29
observations
29
records
29
sampling events
1987–2006
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 29 obs · 29 events · 1987–2006 · larva
    name used: Anchoa · code 26

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:158697%22