Anchovies as food Anchovies as food Anchovies are a family (Engraulidae) of small, common salt-water forage fish. There are 144 species in 17 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Anchovies are usually classified as an oily fish. They are small, green fish with blue reflections due to a silver longitudinal stripe that runs from the base of the caudal fin. They range from to in adult length, and the body shape is variable with more slender fish in northern populations. A traditional method of processing and preserving anchovies is to gut and salt them in brine, allow them to mature,
Argyropelecus sladeni for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern". Argyropelecus sladeni Argyropelecus sladeni (Sladen's hatchetfish) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Sternoptychidae, found in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. This small fish lives in the mesopelagic zone by day and makes a daily vertical migration to the epipelagic zone at night. "Argyropelecus sladeni" is a small, deep-bodied hachetfish with an abdominal keel and a maximum standard length of about . The mouth is of medium size, the tubular eyes point upwards, the dorsal fin has nine soft rays