Anchovies are small fish that thrive in temperate oceans all around the world. Although also found in colder ocean regions, their numbers are not as plentiful or concentrated as in warm waters. Anchovies are very popular as an edible variety of oily fish. Anchovies are mostly used for flavoring purposes and added to a lot of other dishes and used as ingredients in food seasoning and dressing products. They are also consumed in their canned, salted and dried forms but their popularity as an edible fish rests mainly upon their flavoring property. Besides ranking high on the seasoning factor, anchovies are also believed to have a lot of health benefits when consumed in any of their above-mentioned forms.
| Name | Anchovy |
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| Scientific Name | Engraulidae |
| Name in Other Languages | Afrikaans: Ansjovis Albanian: lloj sardeleje Armenian: Andzruk (անձրուկ) Arabic: Albilm alanshufa (البلم الآنشوفة) Azerbaijani: Hamsi Bengali: Hēriṁ-jātīẏa kṣudra matsyabiśēṣa (হেরিং-জাতীয় ক্ষুদ্র মত্স্যবিশেষ) Basque: Antxoa Belarusian: Ančoŭsy (анчоўсы) Bosnian: Iinćun Bulgarian: Anshoa (аншоа) Catalan: Anxova Chichewa: Anchovy Chinese: Fèngwěiyú (凤尾鱼) Croatian: Inćun Czech: Sardel Cebuano: Anchovy Danish: Ansjos Dutch: Ansjovis Estonian: Anšoovis Esperanto: Anĉovo Finnish: Sardelli Filipino: Dulis French: Anchois Galician: Anchoas German: Sardelle Greek: Gávros (γαύρος) Georgian: k’ap’shiis (ქაფშიის) Gujarati: Tīkhā svādavāḷī nānī māchalī (તીખા સ્વાદવાળી નાની માછલી) Hausa: Irin kifi Hebrew: עַפיָן Haitian Creole: Anchwa Hindi: Anchovy Hmong: Me nyuam ntses Hungarian: Szardella Icelandic: Ansjósu Igbo: Azu ankovi Irish: Ainseabhaí Italian: Acciuga Indonesian: Ikan teri Javanese: Teri Japanese: Anchobi (アンチョビ) Kannada: Ān̄covi (ಆಂಚೊವಿ) Kazakh: Ançows (анчоус) Khmer: Anchovy Korean: Myeolchi (멸치) Latvian: Anšovs Latin: Anchovy Lithuanian: Ančiuvis Lao: Anchovy Malayalam: Orinammatti (ഒരിനംമത്തി) Marathi: Ugra vāsācā samudrātīla ēka chōṭā māsā (उग्र वासाचा समुद्रातील एक छोटा मासा) Mongolian: Anchous (анчоус) Malagasy: Anchovy Malay: Ikan bilis Maori: Anchovy Myanmar (Burmese): Aaan hkyao ngarr (အန်ချိုငါး) Macedonian: Anšoa (аншоа) Maltese: Inċova Norwegian: Ansjos Nepali: Sānō kisimakō māchā (सानो किसिमको माछा) Persian: ماهی کولی Polish: Anchois Portuguese: Anchova Romanian: Hamsii Russian: Mạhy̰ ḵwly̰ (анчоус) Serbian: Sardela (сардела) Sesotho: Anchovy Somali: Kalluun Swahili: Ansjovis Slovak: Sardela Slovenian: Sardoni Spanish: Anchoa Swedish: Ansjovis Sinhala: Anchovy Tajik: Aнроус Tamil: Nettili (நெத்திலி) Telugu: Cēpa (చేప) Thai: Plā cảphwk mong kong (ปลาจำพวกโมงโกรง) Turkish: Hamsi Ukrainian: Anchous (анчоус) Urdu: میں Uzbek: Anchous Vietnamese: Cá đối Welsh: Ansiofi Yiddish: Antshovi(אַנטשאָווי) Yoruba: Anchovy Zulu: Anchovy |
| Fish Shape & Size | Small, 2 to 40 cm (0.79 to 15.75 in) in adult length, shape is variable with more slender fish |
| Fish Color | Green fish with blue reflections. |
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| Major Nutrition | Sodium, Na 734 mg (48.93%) Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 3.981 mg (24.88%) Selenium, Se 13.6 µg (24.73%) Isoleucine 0.266 g (15.91%) Lysine 0.531 g (15.88%) Tryptophan 0.065 g (14.77%) Threonine 0.253 g (14.38%) Valine 0.298 g (14.11%) Histidine 0.17 g (13.80%) Leucine 0.47 g (12.72%) Iron, Fe 0.93 mg (11.63%) Protein 5.78 g (11.56%) |
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| Calories in 5 Anchovies 20 g | 42 K cal |