Engraulis
Sign in to saveEngraulis is a genus of anchovies, currently containing 9 species. Species in this genus are found in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea, and several of them are commercially important.
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Northern Anchovy
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderClupeiformes
- FamilyEngraulidae
Observations1,385
Groupactinopterygii
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Engraulis is a genus of anchovies, currently containing 9 species. Species in this genus are found in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea, and several of them are commercially important.
==Species== Engraulis currently contains the following 9 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) Two fossil species are also assigned to this genus: †Engraulis macrocephalus Landini & Menesini, 1978 - Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene of Italy †Engraulis tethensis Grande, 1985 - Late Miocene of Cyprus