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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Engraulis ringens

Peruvian anchovy

WoRMS 272287ITIS 551340GBIF 2414014key worms:272287
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2026-08-05: itis_id 551340 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · juan.jeri.vidal · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Engraulis ringens
Peruvian anchovy20 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Engraulis ringens
Photo · cstobie · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The Peruvian anchoveta is a species of fish of the anchovy family, Engraulidae, from the Southeast Pacific Ocean. It is one of the most commercially important fish species in the world, with annual harvests varying between 3.14 and 8.32 million tonnes from 2010 to 2021.W CalCOFI holds 15 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1999 and 2003, as larva.R

15
observations
15
records
15
sampling events
1999–2003
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 15 obs · 15 events · 1999–2003 · larva
    name used: Engraulis ringens · code 28

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 Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:272287%22