Biology:Encrasicholina

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Short description: Genus of ray-finned fishes

Encrasicholina
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Encrasicholina purpurea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Subfamily: Engraulinae
Genus: Encrasicholina
Fowler, 1938

Encrasicholina is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 117–124.

Wikidata ☰ Q2437178 entry