Coilia
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Coilia dussumieri (above) Coilia ramcarati (below) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Subfamily: | Coiliinae |
Genus: | Coilia J. E. Gray, 1830 |
Coilia, the grenadier anchovies, is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains 12–13 species.[1][2] They are found in East, Southeast and South Asia, and mostly inhabit estuarine regions, but there are also species in coastal marine habitats and rivers (at least up to 1,000 km or 620 mi from the sea in C. brachygnathus).[2] The largest is up to 41 cm (16 in) in length, but most species only reach around half that size.[2]
It derives its generic name coilia from the Greek koilia, meaning "hollow" or "abdomen".[3]
Species[]
There are 12[1] or 13 species:[2]
- Bleeker, 1852 (Bornean grenadier anchovy)
- & , 1908 (Yangtze grenadier anchovy)
- , 1934 (Cooman's grenadier anchovy)
- Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848 (Goldspotted grenadier anchovy)
- J. Richardson, 1845 (Gray's grenadier anchovy)
- Bleeker, 1858 (Lindman's grenadier anchovy)
- Bleeker, 1852 (Longjaw grenadier anchovy)
- (Linnaeus, 1758) (Osbeck's grenadier anchovy)
- Coilia nasus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Japanese grenadier anchovy)
- , 1967 (Neglected grenadier anchovy)
- (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Ramcarat grenadier anchovy)
- Bleeker, 1858 (Many-fingered grenadier anchovy)
- Valenciennes, 1848 (Reynald's grenadier anchovy)
The Catalog of Fishes considers Coilia brachygnathus synonym of Coilia nasus,[1] hence listing one species less that the FishBase.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (30 June 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Coilia in FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Coilia nasus" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
Categories:
- Coilia
- Ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Clupeiformes stubs