Anchovy Anchovy An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water and some in South America are restricted to fresh water. The more than 140 species are placed in 17 genera; they are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, and in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Anchovies are usually classified as oily fish. Anchovies are small, green fish with blue reflections due to a silver-colored longitudinal stripe that runs from the base of the caudal (tail) fin. They range from in
Laubuka trevori predorsal scales; aw s well as 5+4+2 teeth on the fifth ceratobranchial bone. "L. trevori" has 14½–15½ branched rays in its anal fin, a relatively short pelvic fin which is about a fifth as long as tits standard length and it has two stripes running along its body: one a golden and the other a blue-green stripe which runs from behind the operculum to the peduncle of the caudal fin which is broken and less distinct towards the head than the golden stripe. Laubuka trevori Laubuka trevori is a species of small fish of the minnow and carp family, Cyprinidae,