Author: (Girard, 1854)
FBname: Slough anchovy
Comments: Reportedly common in estuaries and backwaters of bays and occasionally near shores outside bays (Ref. 6792).  The fifth most abundant fish taken by various gear in Newport Bay, California; a midwater schooling species caught in bag seine hauls mainly in July and September (Ref. 6361).  Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35602).