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Bony fish

Australian Anchovy

Engraulis australis

Also known as: Bait, Baitfish, Blue Bait, Frogmouth, Frogmouth Pilchard, Herrings, Smig, Southern Anchovy, Whitebait

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
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Adult
@AlainGBR · Opal Bay, Australia · October 20191 / 1
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Overview

Found in schools, around bays, estuaries, and inlets, older individuals move out to sea in winter, and back in spring.
Depth - 0-200m

Herrings are the largest of the schooling baitfish and are one of the most important fish in the food chain!

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Southwest Pacific
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Found in schools, around bays, estuaries, and inlets, older individuals move out to sea in winter, and back in spring.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderClupeiformes
    5. familyEngraulidae
    6. genusEngraulis
    7. speciesEngraulis australis (White, 1790)

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