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What is an anchoveta?

What is an anchoveta? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
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The upwelling stopped and phytoplankton production plummeted, as did the anchoveta population, and millions of seabirds, dependent on the anchoveta, died.
Catches of a type of anchovy called anchoveta were above 10 million tons in the late 1960s to 1971 off northern and central Peru.
This cold mass of water flows from Antarctica to the equator, bringing with it large schools of fish called anchoveta.
For example, the Peruvian anchoveta is the world's largest single-species fishery.
Vast quantities of Peruvian anchoveta have been shipped to developed countries for use as animal feed.
Increased farming of large predators, such as salmon and tuna, has led to overfishing of prey fish, including anchoveta and herring, which commonly are used as fishmeal.

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