Engraulis encrasicolus
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126426 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Teleostei
family: Engraulidae
genus: Engraulis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Déterville, Paris. Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
name published in: Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633.
name published in: Dulzetto, F. (1947). L'Engraulis dei laghi di Ganzirri e del Faro. Memorie di matematica e di scienze fisiche e naturali della Società Italiana delle Scienze. 26: 182-184.
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. Lundae. i-iv + 1-124.
name published in: Rossignol, M.; Blache, J. (1961). Sur le statut spécifique de deux poissons pélagiques du Golfe de Guinée. Anchoviella guineensis nov. sp. (Clupeiformes, Engraulidae) Atherina lopeziana nov. sp. (Mugiliformes, Atherinidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2). v. 33 (no. 3): 285-293.
name published in year: 1829
name published in year: 1848
name published in year: 1947
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1832
name published in year: 1961
order: Clupeiformes
parent name usage ID: 125724
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: encrasicolus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted