Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.
Engraulis | |
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A school of Californian anchovies, E. mordax. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Subfamily: | Engraulinae |
Genus: | Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Engraulis encrasicolus | |
Species | |
See text. |