Engraulis
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Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.[1] They are found in Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean sea, as well.
Species
Engraulis contains the following species:[2]
- Engraulis albidus Borsa, Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004[3] (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 valid fossil species are also known:[4]
- †Engraulis macrocephalus Landini & Menesini, 1978 - Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene of Italy
- †Engraulis tethensis Grande, 1985 - Late Miocene of Cyprus
Many other fossil species have been assigned to Engraulis, but a review of these specimens have found most to be far too fragmentary to be assigned to this genus, and many to not even be clupeomorphs.[4]