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Common Name: deepbody anchovy
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: No dorsal or anal spines. Anal soft-rays: 27-34. Moderately deep-bodied. Snout pointed, about 1/2 to 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip rather blunt, not reaching to hind border of pre-operculum. Anal fin origin a little before midpoint of dorsal fin base. A bright silver stripe along flank, often as wide as eye, not fading on preservation (Froese and Pauly 2005).
Size: 13.3 cm SL
Native Range:
From Point Conception, California, to southern Baja California (Mundy 2005).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: In 1932, 6,000 individuals were transported via a tuna clipper from California to Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii (Macioleck 1984, Randall 1987). The species failed to establish in Hawaii (Mundy 2005).
Ecology: Common in bays and inlets in California. The species is a filter-feeder.
Means of Introduction: Intentionally stocked as a forage fish.
Status:
Failed in Hawaii (Randall 1987; Mundy 2005).
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks:
Maciolek, J. A. 1984. Exotic Fishes in Hawaii and Other Islands of Oceania. Pages 131-161 in: W.R. Courtaney, Jr. and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. (eds). Distribution, Biology, and Management of Exotic Fishes.
Mundy, B. C. 2005. Fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Biology, Number 6.
Randall, J. E. 1987. Introductions of marine fishes to the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of Marine Science 41: 490-502.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pamela J. Schofield and Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 2/2/2006 Citation for this information:
Pamela J. Schofield and Pam Fuller. 2009. Anchoa compressa. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=669> Revision Date: 2/2/2006
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