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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Engraulis mordax

Northern anchovy

WoRMS 272286ITIS 161828GBIF 2414024key worms:272286
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2026-08-05: itis_id 161828 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Tessa Rehill · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Engraulis mordax
Northern anchovy24.8 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Northern anchovies (i.e. Californian Anchovies) are important prey for marine mammals and game fish. Location: Pacific Ocean.
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The Californian anchovy or northern anchovy is a species of anchovy found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from Mexico to British Columbia.W CalCOFI holds 46,770 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as egg and larva.R

46,770
observations
91,616
records
79,093
sampling events
1951–2023
years
2
datasets
egg · 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.

  • CUFES Fish Eggs 49,572 obs · 49,572 events · 1996–2022 · egg
    name used: Engraulis mordax · code engraulis_mordax
  • Ichthyoplankton 42,044 obs · 29,521 events · 1951–2023 · larva · egg
    name used: Engraulis mordax Northern anchovy · code 31

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

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 CUFES Fish Eggs table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_cufes.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:272286%22