Engraulis
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Engraulis Fossil range: Late Miocene to Present[1]
European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Clupeiformes Family: Engraulidae Genus: Engraulis Cuvier, 1816
Species
See text.

Engraulis is a genus of anchovies.

Species

• Argentine anchoita, Engraulis anchoita Hubbs & Marini, 1935
• Australian anchovy, Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
• European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Silver anchovy, Engraulis eurystole (Swain & Meek, 1885)
• Japanese anchovy, Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
• Californian anchovy, Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854
• Peruvian anchoveta, Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842

A school of Californian anchovies, Engraulis mordax.

References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved on 2008-01-08. 

• Genera reference: "Engraulis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Valid species of the genus Engraulis. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

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