Encrasicholina
Encrasicholina is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Subfamily: | Engraulinae |
| Genus: | Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938 |
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
- Encrasicholina gloria Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Red Sea anchovy) [1]
- Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837) (Devis' anchovy) [2]
- Encrasicholina intermedia Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Shiner anchovy) [1]
- Encrasicholina macrocephala Hata & Motomura, 2015 [3] (Largehead anchovy)
- Encrasicholina oligobranchus (Wongratana, 1983) (Philippine anchovy)
- Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg, 1933) (Short-head anchovy) [2]
- Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938 (Buccaneer anchovy)
- Encrasicholina purpurea (Fowler, 1900) (Hawaiian anchovy)
References
- Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Two new species of the genus Encrasicholina (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae): E. intermedia from the western Indian Ocean and E. gloria from the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Mediterranean. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 64: 79–88.
- Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Validity of Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg 1933) and redescription of Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837), a senior synonym of Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley 1940) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 18–28.
- Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 117–124.
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