anchovy

This West Pacific fish can grow to 3.5 inches but the photo specimen was 2-3/4 inches. A tray of 70 weighed 14 ounces, 0.2 ounces each, or 80 to the pound. They are found mainly in the South China Sea, from Borneo north to Taiwan and around the Philippines, and west around the Malay Peninsula. Color stripes (wide silver with narrow dark above) is like the Blue Anchovy, but this one is larger with a bigger eye and different shaped face.