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
Indo-Pacific blue marlin 6.https://www.adventuresportsnetwork.com/sport/fishing/angler-lands-1368-pound-blue-marlin-from-21-foot-boat-just-shy-of-world-record/ Indo-Pacific blue marlin The Indo-Pacific blue marlin ("Makaira mazara") is a species of marlin belonging to the family Istiophoridae. In Hawaii, the fish is known as "a'u". In the Pacific, blue marlin (then known as silver marlin or often misidentified as the related black marlin) were caught by author/angler Zane Grey in Tahiti in the 1930s. "Makaira mazara" is closely related to, and usually considered conspecific with, the Atlantic blue marlin, then simply called blue marlin. The classification of the Indo-Pacific blue marlin ("M. mazara") and the Atlantic blue marlin ("M. nigricans") as separate species is under debate. Genetic