Engraulis

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Engraulis
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Late Miocene to Present [1]
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A school of Californian anchovies, E. mordax.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Subfamily: Engraulinae
Genus: Engraulis
Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Engraulis encrasicolus
Species

See text.

Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species. [2] They are found in Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean sea, as well.

Species

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References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Engraulis in FishBase . August 2024 version.