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Anchovy vs Anchoveta - What's the difference?

anchovy | anchoveta |

As nouns the difference between anchovy and anchoveta

is that anchovy is any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus genus: Engraulis is widely sold as food while anchoveta is a species of anchovy, species: Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.

anchovy

English

(wikipedia anchovy) (Engraulidae)

Noun

(anchovies)
  • Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus is widely sold as food.

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    anchoveta

    English

    (Peruvian anchoveta) (Engraulis anchoveta)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A species of anchovy, (taxlink), from the southern Pacific.