Anchoa

Anchoa
Anchoa lyolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Subfamily: Engraulinae
Genus: Anchoa
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1927
Type species
Engraulis compressus
Girard, 1858

Anchoa is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Engraulidae. It currently consists of 35 species.