Encrasicholina gloria

Red Sea anchovy
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Genus:	Encrasicholina
Species:	E. gloria
Binomial name
Encrasicholina gloria Hata & Motomura, 2016

Encrasicholina gloria, the Red Sea anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean. ^[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.2 cm (2.8 in). ^[3]

References

1. Hata, H. (2017). "Encrasicholina gloria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T98798114A98798197. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98798114A98798197.en . Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 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 Bull. Zool. 64:79-88.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Encrasicholina gloria". FishBase . February 2015 version.