Biology:Engraulis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| 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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Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.
Species
- Engraulis albidus Borsa, Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004 (White anchovy)
- 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 mordax Girard, 1854 (Californian anchovy)
- Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842 (Peruvian anchoveta)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Genera reference: Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Engraulis in FishBase. June 2011 version.
- Valid species of the genus Engraulis. FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
Wikidata ☰ Q281043 entry
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