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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 16 genera; they are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, and in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Anchovies are usually classified as oily fish. Taxonomy Anchovies are classified into two subfamilies and 16 genera: * Superfamily Engrauloidea ** Genus †'' Clupeopsis'' Casier, 1946 ** Genus †'' Monosmilus'' Capobianco et al, 2020 ** Family Engraulidae Gill, 1861 *** Subfamily Engraulinae Gill, 1861 **** Genus '' Amazonsprattus'' Roberts, 1984 **** Genus ''Anchoa'' D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1927 **** Genus '' Anchovia'' D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1895 **** Genus '' Anchoviella'' Fowler, 1911 **** Genus '' Cetengraulis'' Günther, 1868 **** Genus '' Encrasicholina'' Fowler, 1938 **** Genus †'' Eoengraulis'' Marra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Californian Anchovy
The Californian anchovy or northern anchovy (''Engraulis mordax'') is a species of anchovy found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from Mexico to British Columbia. It is a small, Clupeiformes, Clupeoid fish with a large mouth and a long, laterally compressed body, which strongly resembles the European anchovy, European Anchovy (''Engraulis encrasicolus)'' with only slight differences in girth and fin position. They have a euryhaline lifestyle defined by regular migrations between bays and open ocean for both spawning and foraging. Like Sardinops, Pacific sardines (''Sardinops sagax)'', they compose a large fraction of the marine biomass in waters off the west coast of North America, where they are a vital keystone species in coastal pelagic waters. However, they are subject to seasonal boom & bust cycles that are chiefly caused by changes in water temperature and food availability; regularly switching places as the forage fish of prominence with the sardine during years defined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monosmilus
''Monosmilus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric anchovy relative. It contains a single species, ''M. chureloides'' from the Middle Eocene (Lutetian)-aged Domanda Formation of Punjab, Pakistan. ''Monosmilus'' was a large, predatory stem group-anchovy that may have reached up to in length. Its most distinctive feature was a single, massive fang projecting downwards from vomerine region of the upper jaw. The genus name "''Monosmilus''" means "single knife" in Ancient Greek, referencing this fang, while the specific epithet "''chureloides''" references the Churel, a fanged, shapeshifting demon of Pakistani folklore. The closest relative of ''Monosmilus'' is '' Clupeopsis'', another stem-anchovy known from the earlier Eocene of Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycengraulis
''Lycengraulis'' is a genus of anchovies containing four recognized species. They are restricted to the Western Hemisphere in the waters in and around Central America and South America. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Lycengraulis batesii'' ( Günther, 1868) (Bates' sabretooth anchovy) * '' Lycengraulis figueiredoi'' Loeb & Alcântara, 2013Loeb, M.V. & Alcântara, A.V. (2013): A new species of ''Lycengraulis'' Günther, 1868 (Clupeiformes: Engraulinae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil, with comments on ''Lycengraulis batesii'' (Günther, 1868). ''Zootaxa, 3693 (2): 200–206.'' * '' Lycengraulis grossidens'' (Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. Spending his early life in Switzerland, he recei ..., 1829) (Atlantic sabretooth anchovy) * '' Lycengraulis limnichthys'' L. P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cetengraulis
''Cetengraulis'' is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains two species. Species * '' Cetengraulis edentulus'' (Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (; ), was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuv ..., 1829) (Atlantic anchoveta) * '' Cetengraulis mysticetus'' ( Günther, 1867) (Pacific anchoveta) References * Anchovies Marine fish genera Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Clupeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazonsprattus
''Amazonsprattus scintilla'', the Rio Negro pygmy anchovy, is a fresh-water anchovy that is endemic to the Amazon River system in South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o .... References * Anchovies Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Tyson R. Roberts Fish of South America Fish described in 1984 {{Clupeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchovia
''Anchovia'' is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains 3 species. There are found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ... ocean. * '' Anchovia clupeoides'' ( Swainson, 1839) (Zabaleta anchovy) * '' Anchovia macrolepidota'' ( Kner, 1863) (Bigscale anchovy) * '' Anchovia surinamensis'' ( Bleeker, 1865) (Surinam anchovy) References * Anchovies Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann {{Clupeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchoviella
''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 16 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 Hildebrand is a character from Germanic heroic legend. ''Hildebrand'' is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is ''Hiltibrant'' and in Old Norse ''Hildibrandr''. The word ''hild'' means "battle" and ''brand'' means "sword" ..., 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 & Hildebrand, 1923 (Elongate anchovy) * '' Anchoviella guianensis'' C. H. Eigenman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchoa
''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: * ''Anchoa analis'' (Robert Rush Miller, R. R. Miller, 1945) (Longfin Pacific anchovy) * ''Anchoa argentivittata'' (Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1904) (Regan's anchovy) * ''Anchoa belizensis'' (Jamie E. Thomerson, Thomerson & David Wayne Greenfield, D. W. Greenfield, 1975) (Belize anchovy) * ''Anchoa cayorum'' (Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1906) (Key anchovy) * ''Anchoa chamensis'' Samuel Frederick Hildebrand, Hildebrand, 1943 (Chame Point anchovy) * ''Anchoa choerostoma'' (George Brown Goode, Goode, 1874) (Bermuda anchovy) * ''Anchoa colonensis'' Samuel Frederick Hildebrand, Hildebrand, 1943 (Narrow-striped anchovy) * ''Anchoa compressa'' (Charles Frédéric Girard, Girard, 1858) (Deep-body anchovy) * ''Anchoa cubana'' (Felipe Poey y Aloy, Poey, 1868) (Cuban anchovy) * ''Anchoa curta'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encrasicholina
''Encrasicholina'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. They are widespread in the Indo-Pacific. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Encrasicholina auster'' Hata & Motomura, 2017 (Fiji anchovy) * '' Encrasicholina gloria'' 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) * '' Encrasicholina integra'' Hata & Motomura, 2020 (Papuan anchovy) * '' Encrasicholina intermedia'' Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Shiner anchovy) * '' Encrasicholina macrocephala'' Hata & Motomura, 2015 Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of anchovy, ''Encrasicholina macrocephala'' (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engraulis
''Engraulis'' is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species. They are found in Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ... sea, as well. Species ''Engraulis'' contains the following species: * ''Engraulis albidus'' Philippe Borsa, Borsa, Adeline Collet, Collet & Jean-Dominique Durand, J. D. Durand, 2004 (White anchovy) * ''Engraulis anchoita'' Carl Leavitt Hubbs, C. L. Hubbs & Tomás Leandro Marini, Marini, 1935 (Argentine anchoita) * ''Engraulis australis'' (George Shaw (biologist), Shaw, 1790) (Australian anchovy) * ''Engraulis capensis'' John Dow Fisher Gilchrist, Gilchrist, 1913 (Southern African anchovy) * ''European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) (Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forage Fish
Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on planktons (i.e. planktivores) and other small aquatic organisms (e.g. krill). They are in turn preyed upon by various predators including larger fish, seabirds and marine mammals, this making them keystone species in their aquatic ecosystems. The typical ocean forage fish feed at the lower trophic level of the food chain, often by filter feeding. They include particularly fishes of the order Clupeiformes (herrings, sardines, shad, hilsa, menhaden, anchovies, and sprats), but also other small fish, including halfbeaks, Atheriniformes, silversides, Smelt (fish), smelt such as capelin and goldband fusiliers. Forage fish compensate for their small size by forming shoaling and schooling, schools. Some swim in synchronised grids with their mouths open so they can efficiently filter plankton. These schools can become immense Shoaling and schooling, shoals which move along coastlines and Fish migration, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurengraulis
''Jurengraulis juruensis'', the Jurua anchovy, is a species of freshwater anchovy that is found in the Amazon River and its tributaries in Bolivia and Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... It is the only species in its genus. References * Anchovies Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Fish of Bolivia Freshwater fish of Brazil Fauna of the Amazon Fish described in 1898 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{Clupeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
