What fish family is the anchovy a member of?
Anchovy anchovies is related strongly to a traditional seasoning, hence the product "anchovies" is normally made of sprats and herring can be sold as "anchovy-spiced". Fish from the family Engraulidae are instead known as "sardell" in Sweden and "sardelli" in Finland, leading to confusion when translating recipes. 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
Indian anchovy Indian anchovy The Indian anchovy ("Stolephorus indicus"), also known as Hardenberg's anchovy, is a species of oceanodromous fish in the Engraulidae family. It is known as "Handalla" (හැදැල්ලා) in Sri Lanka, where it is widely sold at most markets and supermarkets. It is widely used as a live or dead bait in tuna fishery. It is a small schooling fish found in depth of 20-50m in most of the tropical areas of the Indo-pacific oceans including Madagascar and Mauritius eastward and towards Australia and further east to Samoa in westwards. Maximum length do not exceed 15.5 cm. It has 15