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Anchovia
Sign in to saveAnchovia is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains 4 species. There are found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic ocean.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderClupeiformes
- FamilyEngraulidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Museum specimens
- 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==
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