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Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 126426

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Engraulidae (Family) > Engraulis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Engraulis Cuvier, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Anchoa guineensis (Rossignol & Blache, 1961)
Anchoviella guineensis Rossignol & Blache, 1961
Clupea encrasicolus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Engraulis amara Risso, 1827
Engraulis argyrophanus Valenciennes, 1848
Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913
Engraulis encrasicholus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Engraulis encrasicholus ponticus Alesandrov, 1927
Engraulis encrasicolus ponticus Alexandrov, 1927 (synonym)
Engraulis encrasicolus russoi Dulzetto, 1947
Engraulis encrassicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Engraulis engrasicholus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Engraulis engrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Engraulis guineensis (Rossignol & Blache, 1961)
Engraulis meletta Cuvier, 1829
Engraulis russoi Dulzetto, 1947
Engraulis vulgaris Nilsson, 1832
Engraulus encrasicholus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Stolephorus encrasicolus (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.N. (1969). A systematic review of the scorpionfishes of the Atlantic Ocean (Pisces: Scorpaenidae). Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. No. 79, pp i-iv + 1-143. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Moncheva, S. Black Sea biodiversity-selected species [CD-ROM]. Centre for Sustainable Development and Management of the Black Sea Region (CESUM). 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian açuga (from synonym)  [details]
Albanian gavroja (from synonym)  [details]
Albanian inçuni (from synonym)  [details]
Basque anxoa  [details]
Basque bokarta  [details]
Breton genou-kamm  [details]
Catalan aladroc  [details]
Catalan seitó  [details]
Czech sardel obecná  [details]
Danish ansjos  [details]
Dutch ansjovis  [details]
English anchovy  [details]
English European anchovy  [details]
English Southern African anchovy  [details]
Finnish sardelli  [details]
French anchois  [details]
Galician bocareo  [details]
Galician bocarte  [details]
German Anchovis  [details]
German Sardelle  [details]
Hebrew עפיין  [details]
Italian acciuga  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Γαύρος  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål ansjos  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk ansjos  [details]
Polish sardela europejska  [details]
Portuguese anchova  [details]
Portuguese biqueirão  [details]
Romanian hamsie  [details]
Russian Анчоус европейский  [details]
Slovenian inčun  [details]
Slovenian sardon  [details]
Spanish anchoa  [details]
Spanish boquerón  [details]
Swedish ansjovis  [details]
Turkish hamsi  [details]
Ukrainian Анчоус європейський  [details]
Welsh brwyniad  [details]
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Subspecies Engraulis encrasicolus ponticus Alexandrov, 1927 accepted as Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Engraulis encrasicolus russoi Dulzetto, 1947 accepted as Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Black Sea [details]
British Isles [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
English Channel [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Grevelingen [details]
IJsselmeer (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oosterschelde [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Voordelta [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (950 nucleotides; 267 proteins)
To PESI
Images 
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen2005
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Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Niels Daan/2005
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Gilson (1921, fig. 21)
Gilson (1921, fig. 21)
added on 2008-06-11 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Olsen (1883, kaart 08)
[image from synonym]
Olsen (1883, kaart 08)
added on 2008-07-22 - author: O.T. Olsen
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Poll (1947, fig. 093)
Poll (1947, fig. 093)
added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Smitt)
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Ansjovis
Ansjovis
added on 2009-05-05 - author: Vandepitte, Leen
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126426
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126426 on 2013-05-21
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