Shorthead anchovy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Encrasicholina
Species:
E. heteroloba
Binomial name
Encrasicholina heteroloba
(Rüppell, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Engraulis heteroloba Rüppell, 1837
  • Anchoviella heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)
  • Encrasicholina heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837)
  • Encrasicholus heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)
  • Stolephorus heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837)
  • Encrasicolina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)
  • Encrasicolus heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)
  • Stolephorus heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)

Encrasicholina heteroloba, the shorthead anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Santos, M., Hata, H., Belga, P.B., Lanzuela, N., Buccat, F.G.A., Villanueva, J.A., Villarao, M.C., Doyola, M.C., Deligero, R., Alcantara, M., Gatlabayan, L.V., Tambihasan, A.M., Lopez, G., Parido, L. & Gapuz, A.V. (2017). "Encrasicholina heteroloba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75155263A75155297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T75155263A75155297.en. Retrieved 21 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Encrasicholina heteroloba" in FishBase. February 2015 version.


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