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European anchovy, the Glossary

The European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) is a forage fish somewhat related to the herring.^[1]

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Albania

Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Anchovies as food

Anchovies are small, common saltwater forage fish in the family Engraulidae that are used as human food and fish bait. European anchovy and Anchovies as food are Anchovies.

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Anchovy

An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. European anchovy and anchovy are Anchovies.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa.

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Özhan Öztürk

Özhan Öztürk (born 1968) is a Turkish writer and researcher.

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Bait ball

A bait ball, or baitball, occurs when small fish swarm in a tightly packed spherical formation about a common centre.

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Barnacle

Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea.

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Beer

Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used.

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Benin

Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Black Sea

The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.

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Bottlenose dolphin

The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus Tursiops. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins.

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Brackish water

Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater.

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Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Bulgarian language

Bulgarian (bŭlgarski ezik) is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeast Europe, primarily in Bulgaria.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Copepod

Copepods (meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat.

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Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.

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Croatian language

Croatian (hrvatski) is the standardised variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats.

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Ctenophora

Ctenophora (ctenophore) comprise a phylum of marine invertebrates, commonly known as comb jellies, that inhabit sea waters worldwide.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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European herring gull

The European herring gull (Larus argentatus) is a large gull, up to long.

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Euryhaline

Euryhaline organisms are able to adapt to a wide range of salinities.

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Fish processing

The term fish processing refers to the processes associated with fish and fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Fishing bait

Fishing bait is any luring substance used specifically to attract and catch fish, typically when angling with a hook and line.

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Forage fish

Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on plankton and other tiny organisms.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Genoese dialect

Genoese, locally called zeneise or zeneize, is the prestige dialect of Ligurian, spoken in and around the Italian city of Genoa, the capital of Liguria.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Georgian language

Georgian (ქართული ენა) is the most widely spoken Kartvelian language; it serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Guinea

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa.

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Gulf of Naples

The Gulf of Naples, also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy (province of Naples, Campania region).

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Herring

Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.

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Italian language

Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Kerch Strait

The Kerch Strait is a strait in Eastern Europe.

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Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses.

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Lake

A lake is an often naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface.

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Lampara net

A lampara net is a type of fishing net.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Larva

A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.

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Laz language

The Laz language or Lazuri is a Kartvelian language spoken by the Laz people on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.

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Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) is a learned society with a scientific laboratory that undertakes research in marine biology.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Mauritania

Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest. By land area Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and 28th-largest in the world; 90% of its territory is in the Sahara.

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Málaga

Málaga is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Mnemiopsis

Mnemiopsis leidyi, the warty comb jelly or sea walnut, is a species of tentaculate ctenophore (comb jelly).

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Modern Greek

Modern Greek (Νέα Ελληνικά, Néa Elliniká, or Κοινή Νεοελληνική Γλώσσα, Kiní Neoellinikí Glóssa), generally referred to by speakers simply as Greek (Ελληνικά, italic), refers collectively to the dialects of the Greek language spoken in the modern era, including the official standardized form of the language sometimes referred to as Standard Modern Greek.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Oily fish

Oily fish are fish species with oil (fats) in soft tissues and in the coelomic cavity around the gut.

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Overfishing

Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish (i.e. fishing) from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population naturally (i.e. the overexploitation of the fishery's existing fish stock), resulting in the species becoming increasingly underpopulated in that area.

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Pelagic zone

The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth.

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Plankton

Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Pontic Greek

Pontic Greek (translit, translit; Rumca or Romeika) is a variety of Modern Greek indigenous to the Pontus region on the southern shores of the Black Sea, northeastern Anatolia, and the Eastern Turkish and Caucasus region.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Romanian language

Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; limba română, or românește) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.

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Salinity

Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity).

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Sardine

Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae.

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Sardinella

Sardinella is a genus of fish in the family Dorosomatidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

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Scheldt

The Scheldt (Escaut; Schelde) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.

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Sea of Azov

The Sea of Azov is an inland shelf sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about) Strait of Kerch, and sometimes regarded as a northern extension of the Black Sea.

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Seine fishing

Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing) is a method of fishing that employs a surrounding net, called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats.

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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Ship ballast

Ballast is extra weight placed low in ships to lower their centre of gravity, which increases stability (more technically, to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the hull).

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Shoaling and schooling

In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons are shoaling, and if the group is swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner, they are schooling.

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Southern African anchovy

The southern African anchovy (Engraulis capensis) is a species of anchovy which occurs in the southeast Atlantic Ocean near Namibia and South Africa. European anchovy and southern African anchovy are Anchovies and Engraulis.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Steel and tin cans

A steel can, tin can, tin (especially in British English, Australian English, Canadian English and South African English), or can is a container made of thin metal, for distribution or storage of goods.

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The Gambia

The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa.

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Trawling

Trawling is an industrial method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net, which is heavily weighted to keep it on the seafloor, through the water behind one or more boats.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Turkish language

Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Ukrainian language

Ukrainian (label) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Ukraine.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Upwelling

Upwelling is an oceanographic phenomenon that involves wind-driven motion of dense, cooler, and usually nutrient-rich water from deep water towards the ocean surface.

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Vulgar Latin

Vulgar Latin, also known as Popular or Colloquial Latin, is the range of non-formal registers of Latin spoken from the Late Roman Republic onward.

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Wadden Sea

The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee; Wattenmeer; Wattensee or Waddenzee; Vadehavet; longname; di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea.

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Water column

The (oceanic) water column is a concept used in oceanography to describe the physical (temperature, salinity, light penetration) and chemical (pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrient salts) characteristics of seawater at different depths for a defined geographical point.

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West Africa

West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.

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Zuiderzee

The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (old spelling Zuyderzee or Zuyder Zee), historically called Lake Almere and Lake Flevo, was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_anchovy

Also known as Engraulis encrasicholus, Engraulis encrasicolus.

, Marseille, Mauritania, Málaga, Mediterranean Sea, Mnemiopsis, Modern Greek, Mollusca, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oily fish, Overfishing, Pelagic zone, Plankton, Plymouth, Pontic Greek, Portugal, Romania, Romanian language, Russia, Russian language, Salinity, Sardine, Sardinella, Scheldt, Sea of Azov, Seine fishing, Senegal, Ship ballast, Shoaling and schooling, Southern African anchovy, Spain, Steel and tin cans, The Gambia, Trawling, Turkey, Turkish language, Ukraine, Ukrainian language, United Kingdom, Upwelling, Vulgar Latin, Wadden Sea, Water column, West Africa, Zuiderzee, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

European anchovy, the Glossary

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See also

Anchovies

Engraulis

Fish of the Baltic Sea

References