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 <small>Borsa, Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004</small> (White anchovy)
- Engraulis anchoita <small>C. L. Hubbs & Marini, 1935</small> (Argentine anchoita)
- Engraulis australis <small>(Shaw, 1790)</small> (Australian anchovy)
- Engraulis capensis <small>Gilchrist, 1913</small> (Southern African anchovy)
- Engraulis encrasicolus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (European anchovy)
- Engraulis eurystole <small>(Swain & Meek, 1885)</small> (Silver anchovy)
- Engraulis japonicus <small>Temminck & Schlegel, 1846</small> (Japanese anchovy)
- Engraulis mordax <small>Girard, 1854</small> (Californian anchovy)
- Engraulis ringens <small>Jenyns, 1842</small> (Peruvian anchoveta)
Two fossil species are also assigned to this genus:
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 confidently assigned to this genus, and many may not even be clupeomorphs.
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