Taxonavigation: Clupeoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Clupei
Superordo: Clupeomorpha
Ordo: Clupeiformes
Subordo: Clupeoidei

Familia: Engraulidae
Genus: Encrasicholina

Species: Encrasicholina intermedia

Name

Encrasicholina intermedia Hata & Motomura, 2016

  • Holotype: RMNH PISC 26135.
  • Paratypes (14): BMNH 1919.9.12.6, 1966.11.17.130–134 (5), 1968.4.4.38; KAUM I. 80905; [[RMNH PISC 38393 (2); MNHN 1969-0057 (2); USNM 204229 (2).

Type locality: Kalient, Kerala, India.

Etymology: The specific name intermedia from the Latin, refers to this species having the intermediate number of gill rakers between those of E. punctifer and E. gloria.

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. PDF. Reference page. 
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