Anchoa
| Anchoa | |
|---|---|
| |
| Anchoa lyolepis | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Subfamily: | Engraulinae |
| Genus: | Anchoa D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1927 |
| Type species | |
Girard, 1858
| |
Anchoa is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Engraulidae. It currently consists of 35 species.
Species[]
There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- (R. R. Miller, 1945) (Longfin Pacific anchovy)
- (Regan, 1904) (Regan's anchovy)
- ( & , 1975) (Belize anchovy)
- (Fowler, 1906) (Key anchovy)
- Hildebrand, 1943 (Chame Point anchovy)
- (Goode, 1874) (Bermuda anchovy)
- Hildebrand, 1943 (Narrow-striped anchovy)
- (Girard, 1858) (Deep-body anchovy)
- (Poey, 1868) (Cuban anchovy)
- (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Short anchovy)
- (Girard, 1854) (Slough anchovy)
- (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Eigenmann's anchovy)
- (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Slender anchovy)
- (Fowler, 1915) (Longfinger anchovy)
- (C. L. Hubbs, 1921) (Heller's anchovy)
- Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Broad-striped anchovy)
- (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Sharpnose anchovy)
- (Steindachner, 1879) (Rio anchovy)
- Hildebrand, 1943 (Big-eye anchovy)
- (D. S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Bright anchovy)
- Anchoa lyolepis (Evermann & , 1900) (Shortfinger anchovy)
- Hildebrand, 1943 (Marini's anchovy)
- Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848) (Bay anchovy)
- (C. H. Gilbert & , 1898) (False Panama anchovy)
- (, 1928) (Northern Gulf anchovy)
- (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) (Longnose anchovy)
- (Steindachner, 1877) (Panama anchovy)
- (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Little anchovy)
- Hildebrand, 1943 (Bigfin anchovy)
- (D. S. Jordan & , 1895) (Scofield's anchovy)
- (Valenciennes, 1848) (Spicule anchovy)
- (C. H. Gilbert & , 1898) (Starks' anchovy)
- (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Piquitinga anchovy)
- (Fowler, 1915) (Trinidad anchovy)
- & , 1970 (Walker's anchovy)
Description[]
Anchoa are small, silvery fish that range anywhere from 5.8–24 centimetres (2.3–9.4 in). The smallest of these species is the and the largest is . These fish are distributed throughout the mediterranean sea and Americas, mostly in the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean.
References[]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anchoa. |
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Anchoa in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Categories:
- Anchoa
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
- Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann