Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 .

Japanese Anchovy. To about 16 cm (6.3 in) SL (Lindberg and Legeza 1965). western Pacific Ocean north to south-eastern Kamchatka; one record from Alaska, south of western Aleutian Islands (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Near surface, epipelagic and coastal, but also occurring to over 1,000 km (620 miles) from shore; depth: to 150 m (495 ft) (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).