Anchovy sprat, Clupeonella engrauliformis, is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the several species of Clupeonella found in the Caspian Sea It lives pelagically in the central and southern parts of this brackishwater lake. It is typically 12 cm (4.7 in) long, and up to 16.5 cm (6.5 in) maximum. May be found down to 78 m (256 ft) depth.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Ehiravidae |
Genus: | Clupeonella |
Species: | C. engrauliformis
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Binomial name | |
Clupeonella engrauliformis (Borodin, 1904)
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Clupeonella engrauliformis". FishBase. February 2014 version.