In most cases, it takes seven to 10 days for the hemorrhage to dissipate on its own. As the hemorrhage disappears with time, the affected area can change color, like a bruise.
The anchovy is a small green fish with blue reflections. These reflections are due to a silver stripe that runs along the length of the fish from the base of the caudal fin. It is maximum nine inches in length and body shape is variable with more slender fish in northern populations.
(Anchoa mitchilli) can be readily distinguished from the other anchovies of the Mid-Atlantic by the origin of its anal fin relative to its dorsal fin (Figure 1). In the bay anchovy, the anal fin originates under or slightly posterior to the dorsal fin origin. The bay anchovy has a rounded protuberant snout, 1 arge mouth, enlarged maxi1 lary, and a translucent body with a silvery mid-1 ateral band (Hildebrand 1963; Hoese and Moore 1977; and Jones et al.