Encrasicholina
| Encrasicholina | |
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| Encrasicholina purpurea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Subfamily: | Engraulinae |
| Genus: | Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938[1]
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Encrasicholina is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. They are widespread in the Indo-Pacific.
Species
[edit]There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Encrasicholina auster Hata & Motomura, 2017 (Fiji anchovy)
- Encrasicholina gloria Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Red Sea anchovy) [3]
- Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837) (Devis' anchovy) [4]
- Encrasicholina integra Hata & Motomura, 2020 (Papuan anchovy)
- Encrasicholina intermedia Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Shiner anchovy) [3]
- Encrasicholina macrocephala Hata & Motomura, 2015 [5] (Largehead anchovy)
- Encrasicholina oligobranchus (Wongratana, 1983) (Philippine anchovy)
- Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg, 1933) (Short-head anchovy) [4]
- Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938 (Buccaneer anchovy)
- Encrasicholina purpurea (Fowler, 1900) (Hawaiian anchovy)
- Encrasicholina sigma Hata & Motomura, 2020 (Makassar anchovy)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Engraulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Encrasicholina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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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