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Common Name: anchoveta
Synonyms and Other Names: Pacific anchoveta
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Miller and Lea (1972); Eschmeyer et al. (1983); Whitehead et al. (1988); Fischer et al. (1995a).
Size: 18 cm.
Native Range: Marine; Southern California to Peru; rare north of southern Baja (Eschmeyer et al. 1983; Whitehead et al. 1988; Fischer et al. 1995a).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Introduced into Salton Sea, California, six times between 1948 and 1955 (Walker et al. 1961; Dill and Cordone 1997).
Means of Introduction: Several thousand fish were intentionally stocked as forage.
Status: The introduction failed to produce a viable population and the species is extirpated in the Salton Sea.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: This species' occurrence off California may be due to introductions by tuna bait boats (Miller and Lea (1972).
Dill, W. A., and A. J. Cordone. 1997. History and status of introduced fishes in California, 1871--1996. Manuscript for Fish Bulletin of the California Department of Fish and Game 178.
Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald, and H. Hamann. 1983. A field guide to Pacific Coast fishes of North America. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA.
Miller, D. J., and R. N. Lea. 1972. Guide to the coastal marine fishes of California. Fish Bulletin of the California Department of Fish and Game 157:1--235.
Fischer, W., F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K. E. Carpenter, V. H. Niem. 1995a. Guía FAO para la identificatión de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1. Vol. II: 647--1200. Roma, FAO.
Walker, B. W., R. R. Whitney, and G. W. Barlow. 1961. Fishes of the Salton Sea. Pages 77--92 in B. W. Walker, editor. The ecology of the Salton Sea, California, in relation to the sport fishery of California. Fish Bulletin of the California Department of Fish and Game 113.
Whitehead, J. P., G. J. Nelson, and T. Wongratana. 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 2 -- Engraulidae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125) Vol. 7, Pt. 2:305--579.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 12/5/2003 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Cetengraulis mysticetus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=671> Revision Date: 12/5/2003
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