Anchoviella

Anchoviella is a genus of anchovies, native to coastal parts of the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, as well as rivers in South America.[1]

Anchoviella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Subfamily: Engraulinae
Genus: Anchoviella
Fowler, 1911

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:

  • Anchoviella alleni G. S. Myers, 1940 (Allen's anchovy)
  • Anchoviella balboae D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1926 (Balboa anchovy)
  • Anchoviella blackburni Hildebrand, 1943 (Blackburns's anchovy)
  • Anchoviella brevirostris Günther, 1868 (Snubnose anchovy)
  • Anchoviella carrikeri Fowler, 1940 (Carriker's anchovy)
  • Anchoviella cayenensis Puyo, 1946 (Cayenne anchovy)
  • Anchoviella elongata Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Elongate anchovy)
  • Anchoviella guianensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (Guyana anchovy)
  • Anchoviella jamesi D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1926 (James's anchovy)
  • Anchoviella juruasanga Loeb, 2012[2]
  • Anchoviella lepidentostole Fowler, 1911 (Broadband anchovy)
  • Anchoviella manamensis Cervigón, 1982 (Manamo anchovy)
  • Anchoviella perezi Cervigón, 1987
  • Anchoviella perfasciata Poey, 1860 (Poey's anchovy)
  • Anchoviella vaillanti Steindachner, 1908 (Vaillant's anchovy)[3]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Anchoviella in FishBase. April 2018 version.
  2. Loeb, M.V. (2012). "A new species of Anchoviella Fowler, 1911 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 10 (1): 13–18. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252012000100002.
  3. Loeb, M.V. & Figueiredo, J.L.d. (2014): Redescription of the freshwater anchovy Anchoviella vaillanti (Steindachner, 1908) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) with notes on the distribution of estuarine congeners in the Rio São Francisco basin, Brazil. Arquivos de Zoologia, 45: 33-40.


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