Anchovia macrolepidota

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Bigscale anchovy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Anchovia
Species:
A. macrolepidota
Binomial name
Anchovia macrolepidota
(Kner, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Engraulis macrolepidotusKner, 1863

Anchovia macrolepidota, the bigscale anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. [2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 25.0 cm (9.8 in). [3]

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References

  1. Di Dario, F. (2020). "Anchovia macrolepidota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T183917A1742707. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183917A1742707.en . Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  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 macrolepidota". FishBase . February 2015 version.