Engraulis
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Engraulis is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.

Species

  • Engraulis albidus Borsa, Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004
  • Engraulis anchoita Carl Hubbs
    Carl Leavitt Hubbs
    -Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...

     & Marini, 1935
    (Argentine anchoita)
  • Engraulis australis (J. White
    John White (surgeon)
    John White was an English surgeon and botanical collector.White was born in Sussex and entered the Royal Navy on 26 June 1778 as third surgeon's mate. He was promoted surgeon in 1780, and was the principal surgeon during the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia...

    , 1790)
    (Australian anchovy)
  • Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913 (Southern African anchovy)
  • Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus
    Carolus Linnaeus
    Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

    , 1758)
    (European anchovy)
  • Engraulis eurystole (Swain
    Joseph Swain
    Joseph Swain served as the ninth president of Indiana University.- Professional Background :Professor of mathematics and biology at Indiana University , professor of mathematics at Stanford University...

     & Meek
    Seth Eugene Meek
    Seth Eugene Meek was an American ichthyologist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He was the first compiler of a book on Mexican freshwater fishes. Together with his assistant, Samuel F. Hildebrand, he produced the first book on the freshwater fishes of Panama.He often collaborated...

    , 1885)
    (Silver anchovy)
  • Engraulis japonicus Temminck
    Coenraad Jacob Temminck
    Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe was the standard work on European birds...

     & Schlegel
    Hermann Schlegel
    Hermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history...

    , 1846
    (Japanese anchovy)
  • Engraulis mordax Girard
    Charles Frédéric Girard
    Charles Frédéric Girard was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard...

    , 1854
    (Californian anchovy)
  • Engraulis ringens Jenyns
    Leonard Blomefield
    Leonard Jenyns, later known as Leonard Blomefield was a clergyman-naturalist.He was the youngest son of George Leonard Jenyns and his wife Mary the daughter of Dr. William Heberden . The Jenyns lived on Bottisham Hall property which his father had inherited on the death of his cousin Soame Jenyns...

    , 1842
    (Peruvian anchoveta)

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