In this essay, the author - ichthyologist, candidate of biological sciences, Korkosh V.V., a participant in numerous expeditions in the Pacific and Indian oceans, as well as in the Azov-Black Sea basin, talks about a small silvery fish - anchovy, very numerous in all seas and oceans. The value of anchovy is determined by its unusually high taste and high fat content. In the Azov-Black Sea basin, the anchovy is called anchovy, which residents of the coastal cities of these seas simply adore and in the autumn and winter it is a decoration, the queen of the table. The author tells his story about this tiny, interesting fish