Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.[2] They are found in Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean sea, as well.
| Engraulis | |
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| A school of Californian anchovies, E. mordax. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Subfamily: | Engraulinae |
| Genus: | Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Engraulis encrasicolus | |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
Species
edit- Engraulis anchoita C. L. Hubbs & Marini, 1935 (Argentine anchoita)
- Engraulis australis (J. White, 1790) (Australian anchovy)
- Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913 (Southern African anchovy)
- Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European anchovy)
- Engraulis eurystole (Swain & Meek, 1885) (Silver anchovy)
- Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Japanese anchovy)
- Engraulis maeoticus Pusanov & Zeeb, 1926 (White anchovy)
- Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854 (Californian anchovy)
- Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842 (Peruvian anchoveta)
- Synonyms
- Engraulis albidus Borsa, Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004 - synonym of E. maeoticus
References
edit- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Engraulis". FishBase. August 2024 version.
