Anchovia macrolepidota, the bigscale anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Genus: | Anchovia |
Species: | A. macrolepidota
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Binomial name | |
Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863)
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 25.0 cm (9.8 in).[3]
References
edit- ^ Di Dario, F. (2020). "Anchovia macrolepidota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T183917A1742707. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183917A1742707.en. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Anchovia macrolepidota" in FishBase. February 2015 version.