Anchoa lyolepis

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Clupeiformes

Family:Engraulidae

Anchoa lyolepis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Genus:	Anchoa
Species:	A. lyolepis
Binomial name
Anchoa lyolepis (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900)
Synonyms
Stolephorus lyolepis Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900 Anchoviella lyolepis (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900) Anchovia platyargyrea Fowler, 1911 Anchoviella platyargyrea (Fowler, 1911) Engraulis platyargyreus (Fowler, 1911) Anchoa nasuta Hildebrand & J. de P. Carvalho, 1948

Anchoa lyolepis, the shortfinger anchovy, is a species of anchovy native to the western Atlantic Ocean from New York to Brazil. This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL, though they usually do not exceed 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL. This species is important to local subsistence fisheries and is commonly used as bait.^[2]