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,
Jaydia smithi Jaydia smithi Jaydia smithi, Smith's cardinalfish , is a species of ray-finned fish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, it is a member of the family Apogonidae. It has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea by way of the Suez Canal since 2007. "Jaydia smithi" has a slightly compressed oblong body with two dorsal fins, the first having a deeply notched membrane with the third and fourth spines being the longest. The second dorsal fin is much taller than the first. The anal fin starts slightly behind the front edge of second dorsal fin. The caudal fin is rounded but may