''Anchoviella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 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
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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 & Hildebrand, 1923 (Elongate anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella guianensis''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (Guyana anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella hernanni''
Loeb et al, 2018
* ''
Anchoviella jamesi''
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1926 (James's anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella juruasanga''
Loeb, 2012
* ''
Anchoviella lepidentostole''
Fowler, 1911 (Broadband anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella manamensis''
Cervigón, 1982 (Manamo anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella perezi''
Cervigón, 1987
* ''
Anchoviella perfasciata''
Poey, 1860 (Poey's anchovy)
* ''
Anchoviella vaillanti''
Steindachner, 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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