This article is about the fish. For the town in Jamaica, see Anchovy, Jamaica.
"Anchovies" redirects here. For the food, see Anchovies as food. For the David Thomas Broughton EP, see Anchovies (EP). An anchovy is a small, common salt-water forage fish of the family Engraulidae.
The 144 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