Anchoa exigua (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) .

Slender Anchovy. To 7.5 cm (3 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Bahía Playa Maria (28°56’N, 114°32’W), central Baja California (Knaggs et al. 1975) to southern Gulf of California (Whitehead et al. 1988) to Puerto Pizarro, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998) . Pelagic, nearshore (Whitehead et al. 1988); depth: to 10 m (33 ft) (Robertson and Allen 2002). The author names for this species belong within parentheses, not without as sometimes seen; the species was classified by Jordan and Gilbert in the genus Stolephorus .