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Engraulis is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of anchovies
Anchovy

The anchovies are a Family of small, common salt-water fish. There are about 140 species in 16 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans....
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Engraulis is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of anchovies
Anchovy

The anchovies are a Family of small, common salt-water fish. There are about 140 species in 16 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans....
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Species

  • Argentine anchoita
    Argentine anchoita

    The Argentine anchoita, Engraulis anchoita, is an anchovy of the genus Engraulis, found in and around waters of Argentina. The species, that at present may be considered almost unexploited , plays a key role in the pelagic ecosystem of the Argentina waters....
    , Engraulis anchoita Hubbs & Marini, 1935
  • Australian anchovy
    Australian anchovy

    The Australian anchovy, Engraulis australis, is an anchovy of the family Engraulidae, found off south east Australia, and around New Zealand, near the surface in bays, inlets, and estuaries....
    , Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
  • European anchovy
    European anchovy

    The European anchovy is a fish somewhat related to the herring. Anchovy are placed in the family Engraulidae.It is easily distinguished by its deeply-cleft mouth, the angle of the gape being behind the eyes....
    , Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus
    Carolus Linnaeus

    Carl Linnaeus was a Sweden botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern alpha taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology....
    , 1758)
  • Silver anchovy, Engraulis eurystole (Swain & Meek, 1885)
  • Japanese anchovy, Engraulis japonicus Temminck
    Coenraad Jacob Temminck

    Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a Netherlands aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death....
     & Schlegel
    Hermann Schlegel

    Hermann Schlegel was a Germany ornithologist....
    , 1846
  • Californian anchovy, Engraulis mordax Girard
    Charles Frédéric Girard

    Charles Fr?d?ric Girard was a France biologist specializing on ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuch?tel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz....
    , 1854
  • Peruvian anchoveta
    Peruvian anchoveta

    The Peruvian anchoveta is a fish of the anchovy family, Engraulidae.Anchoveta are pelagic fish in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, and are regularly caught on the coasts of Peru, and Chile....
    , Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842