Anchoa mitchilli
Valenciennes 1848
Family Engraulidae
![Lateral view of a bay anchovy](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2020/02/Plate-20.jpg)
Bay anchovies are members of the anchovy family. These anchovies have a silvery stripe on their side and semitransparent body musculature. Their maxillae extend posteriorly beyond the eye to the gill cover. Bay anchovies are a marine species that enters rivers, creeks, canals and lakes, and that can also be found well inland.
Status & distribution
- Status — Marine invader
- Florida Distribution — Western and North Central drainages, the Gulf Coast, South Florida and the Atlantic Coast