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This anchovy is of great interest, not only from the industrial point of 

 view, but also because it is the primary food supply of many species 

 of fish, Thunnidae and Cybiidae in the northern coast feed on an- 

 chovy. Its schools are prayed upon by other species of larger size and 

 also by the guano birds {Peiecanus occidentalis thagus, sula variegata, 

 Phalacrocorax bougainvilli) and marine mammals {Otaria hyronia). It 

 is also used for bait by the fishermen. 



Among the Clupeids the most important is the sardine, which we 

 have called Sardinops sagax sagax, to separate it as a mere subspecies 

 of the Sardinops sagax caerulea of California. The Chilean sardine 

 is abundant in the northern coast, principally in the Antofagasta zone. 



