Anchovia clupeoides

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Zabaleta anchovy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchovia
Species:
A. clupeoides
Binomial name
Anchovia clupeoides
(Swainson, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Engraulis clupeoidesSwainson, 1839
  • Stolephorus clupeoides(Swainson, 1839)

Anchovia clupeoides, the Zabaleta anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. [2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 30.0 cm (11.8 in). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Munroe, T., Aiken, K.A., Brown, J. & Grijalba Bendeck, L. (2015). "Anchovia clupeoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T16406679A16510247. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16406679A16510247.en . Retrieved 22 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anchovia clupeoides". FishBase . February 2015 version.


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