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Anchovia

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Anchovia is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains 4 species. There are found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic ocean.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderClupeiformes
  5. FamilyEngraulidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Specimen records
108
With media
4
Family
Engraulidae
Collections
UAMI, ECOSUR, TCWC, CUMV, USNM, CAS
Recorded in
Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Brazil, Guatemala, United States, Bermuda

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Engraulinae
Image
FMIB 50682 Anchovia rastralis Gilbert & Pierson Type specimen; Panams.jpeg
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Commons category
Anchovia
taxon name
Anchovia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Anchovia
topic has template
Template:Taxonomy/Anchovia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Anchovia is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains 4 species. There are found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic ocean. Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839) (Zabaleta anchovy) Anchovia landivarensis Greenfield & Greenfield, 1975 Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863) (Bigscale anchovy) Anchovia surinamensis (Bleeker, 1865) (Surinam anchovy)

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anchovia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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