| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Engraulidae | Anchoa hepsetus | (Linnaeus) | 1758 | Striped Anchovy |
Anchoa hepsetus
Unique Characters: Snout length less than eye diameter. Silver stripe on side narrow. Maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching onto or beyond preoperculum. Pseudobranch short, not extending onto inner face of operculum Anus closer to anal-fin origin than to pelvic-fin tips.
Similar Species:
Dusky Anchovy
Anchoa lyolepis
Bay Anchovy
Anchoa mitchilli
Cuban Anchovy
Anchoa cubana
Dusky Anchovy Anchoa lyolepis. Snout long, length about equal to eye diameter. Silver stripe on side very wide rearward and bordered above by thin black stripe. Maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching onto or beyond preoperculum. Pseudobranch long, greater than eye diameter, extending onto inner face of operculum.
Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli. Head and snout short. Silver stripe on side narrow and often faint or absent anteriorly. Anal-fin origin at vertical through dorsal-fin origin. Maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching onto or beyond preoperculum. Pseudobranch short, not extending onto inner face of operculum Anus opening nearer to pelvic-fin tips than to anal-fin origin.
Cuban Anchovy Anchoa cubana. Anal-fin origin more posterior, at or near vertical through midpoint of dorsal fin. Maxilla long, tip pointed, reaching onto or beyond preoperculum. Pseudobranch short, not extending onto inner face of operculum Anus opening nearer to pelvic-fin tips than to anal-fin origin.
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