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Encrasicholina

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Encrasicholina
Encrasicholina purpurea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Subfamily: Engraulinae
Genus: Encrasicholina
Fowler, 1938

Encrasicholina is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. They are widespread in the Indo-Pacific.

Species

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There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ a b Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (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 Bulletin of Zoology, 64: 79–88.
  2. ^ a b Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Validity of Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg 1933) and redescription of Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837), a senior synonym of Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley 1940) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 18–28.
  3. ^ Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 117–124.