Encrasicholina macrocephala

Largehead 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. macrocephala
Binomial name
Encrasicholina macrocephala Hata & Motomura, 2015

Encrasicholina macrocephala, the largehead 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 5.6 cm (2.2 in). ^[3]

References

1. Hata, H. (2017). "Encrasicholina macrocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T98901778A98901860. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98901778A98901860.en . Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2015. A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3941(1):117-124.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Encrasicholina macrocephala". FishBase . February 2015 version.