''Anchoa lyolepis'', the shortfinger anchovy, is a species of
anchovy
An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water.
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native to the western
Atlantic Ocean
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from
New York
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to
Brazil
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. This species can reach a length of
TL, though they usually do not exceed TL. This species is important to local subsistence fisheries and is commonly used as bait.
References
*T. Modde and S. T. Ross, ''Seasonality of Fishes Occupying a Surf Zone Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico'', FISH BULL. (SEATTLE). Vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 911–922. 1980.
lyolepis
Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann
Taxa named by Millard Caleb Marsh
Fish described in 1900
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