Jump to content

Encrasicholina gloria

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Red Sea anchovy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Encrasicholina
Species:
E. gloria
Binomial name
Encrasicholina gloria
Hata & Motomura, 2016

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

Size

[edit]

This species reaches a length of 7.2 cm (2.8 in).[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Hata, H. (2017). "Encrasicholina gloria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T98798114A98798197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98798114A98798197.en. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 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 Bull. Zool. 64:79-88.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Encrasicholina gloria". FishBase. February 2015 version.