''Anchoviella'' is a
genus
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of
anchovies
An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water.
More than 140 species are placed in 1 ...
, native to coastal parts of the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, as well as rivers in South America.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Anchoviella alleni''
G. S. Myers, 1940 (Allen's anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella balboae''
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1926 (Balboa anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella blackburni''
Hildebrand
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, 1943 (Blackburns's anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella brevirostris''
Günther, 1868 (Snubnose anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella carrikeri''
Fowler, 1940 (Carriker's anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella cayenensis''
Puyo, 1946 (Cayenne anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella elongata''
Meek
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& Hildebrand
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, 1923 (Elongate anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella guianensis
''Anchoviella'' is a genus of anchovies, native to coastal parts of the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, as well as rivers in South America.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Anchoviella a ...
''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (Guyana anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella jamesi
''Anchoviella'' is a genus of anchovies, native to coastal parts of the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, as well as rivers in South America.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Anchoviella a ...
''
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1926 (James's anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella juruasanga
''Anchoviella'' is a genus of anchovies, native to coastal parts of the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, as well as rivers in South America.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Anchoviella a ...
''
Loeb, 2012
* ''
Anchoviella lepidentostole''
Fowler, 1911 (Broadband anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella manamensis
''Anchoviella'' is a genus of anchovies, native to coastal parts of the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, as well as rivers in South America.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Anchoviella a ...
''
Cervigón, 1982 (Manamo anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella perezi''
Cervigón, 1987
* ''
Anchoviella perfasciata
''Anchoviella'' is a genus of anchovies, native to coastal parts of the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, as well as rivers in South America.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Anchoviella a ...
''
Poey, 1860 (Poey's anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella vaillanti''
Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1908 (Vaillant's anchovy)
[Loeb, M.V. & Figueiredo, J.L.d. (2014)]
Redescription of the freshwater anchovy ''Anchoviella vaillanti'' (Steindachner, 1908) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) with notes on the distribution of estuarine congeners in the Rio São Francisco basin, Brazil
''Arquivos de Zoologia, 45: 33-40.''
References
Anchovies
Marine fish genera
Fish of the Western Atlantic
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Freshwater fish of South America
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
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