Norbert Wu / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school, feeds by straining water through gills, California

Richard Herrmann / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) feeding on Northern Anchovies (Engraulis mordax), Avila Bay, California

Juergen Freund / Baling (a local purse seine) catching dilis, the Tagalog term for anchovy. The boat full of fishermen are pulling the massive net to haul in their catch of anchovies or silversides. Northern Palawan,...

Richard Herrmann / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school, San Diego, California

Flip Nicklin / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school near San Clemente, southern California

Norbert Wu / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school, Monterey, California