Engraulis
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| Engraulis Temporal range: 11–0 Ma Late Miocene to Present[1] |
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| European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Genus: | Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 |
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Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.
[edit] Species
- Engraulis albidus Borsa, Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004 (White anchovy)
- Engraulis anchoita Carl 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Genera reference: Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Engraulis in FishBase. June 2011 version.
- Valid species of the genus Engraulis. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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