Anchovies are 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 wat
Life restoration of the extinct "saber-toothed anchovy" Monosmilus
European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus
Peruvian anchoveta (E. ringens), one of the most commercially important fish species
Oily fish, also known as blue fish or fatty fish, are species of fish with oil in soft tissues and in the coelomic cavity around the gut. Their fillets may contain up to 30% oil, although this figure
The large open-water Atlantic bluefin tuna is an oily fish.
Oily fish fillet (salmon – bottom) contrasted with a white fish fillet (halibut – top)
Grilled salmon, an oily fish