| Engraulis Temporal range: 11–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene to Present | |
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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 | |
| Clupea encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Species | |
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Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species. They are found in Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean sea, as well.
Species
Engraulis contains the following species:
- Engraulis albidus Borsa, Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004 (White anchovy)
- Engraulis anchoita C. L. Hubbs & Marini, 1935 (Argentine anchoita)
- Engraulis australis (Shaw, 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. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Engraulis". FishBase. August 2024 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Engraulis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- Philippe Borsa; Adeline Collet; Jean-Dominique Durand (2004). "Nuclear-DNA markers confirm the presence of two anchovy species in the Mediterranean". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 327 (12): 1113–1123. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2004.09.003. ISSN 1631-0691.
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