''Encrasicholina'' is a
genus
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of
ray-finned fish
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in the
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Engraulidae
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.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Encrasicholina gloria
''Encrasicholina'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Encrasicholina gloria'' Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Red Sea anchovy) Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Tw ...
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Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Red Sea anchovy)
[Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Two new species of the genus ''Encrasicholina'' (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae): ''E. intermedia'' from the western Indian Ocean and ''E. gloria'' from the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Mediterranean. ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 64: 79–88.'']
* ''
Encrasicholina heteroloba''
( Rüppell, 1837) (Devis' anchovy)
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* '' Encrasicholina intermedia'' Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Shiner anchovy) ][
* '']Encrasicholina macrocephala
''Encrasicholina'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Encrasicholina gloria'' Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Red Sea anchovy) Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Tw ...
'' Hata & Motomura, 2015 [Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of anchovy, ''Encrasicholina macrocephala'' (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean. ''Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 117–124.''] (Largehead anchovy)
* '' Encrasicholina oligobranchus'' ( Wongratana, 1983) (Philippine anchovy)
* ''Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba
''Encrasicholina'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Encrasicholina gloria'' Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Red Sea anchovy) Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Two ...
'' (Hardenberg
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, 1933) (Short-head anchovy) [Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Validity of ''Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba'' (Hardenberg 1933) and redescription of ''Encrasicholina heteroloba'' (Rüppell 1837), a senior synonym of ''Encrasicholina devisi'' (Whitley 1940) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). ''Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 18–28.'']
* '' Encrasicholina punctifer'' Fowler, 1938 (Buccaneer anchovy)
* '' Encrasicholina purpurea'' ( Fowler, 1900) (Hawaiian anchovy)
References
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
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