Anchovy

a small, silvery fish, four to five inches long, resembling the herring, the shad, the sprat, and the sardine. Anchovies have pointed heads and projecting upper jaws. In early summer shoals visit the shores of southern Europe to spawn. Immense numbers are taken with nets in the Mediterranean Sea. The fishermen toil at night, using bright headlights to attract the fish. The fish are salted and dried for winter use, or else pickled in small barrels for the export trade. Treated with vinegar they dissolve into what is known as anchovy sauce. See Fish