''Anchoa lyolepis'', the shortfinger anchovy, is a species of

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. This species can reach a length of TL, though they usually do not exceed TL. This species is important to local subsistence fisheries and is commonly used as bait.

References

*T. Modde and S. T. Ross, ''Seasonality of Fishes Occupying a Surf Zone Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico'', FISH BULL. (SEATTLE). Vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 911–922. 1980. lyolepis Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann Taxa named by Millard Caleb Marsh Fish described in 1900 Fish of Aruba Marine fish of Nicaragua {{Clupeiformes-stub