Encrasicholina gloria, the Red Sea anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean. [2]
| Red Sea anchovy | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Genus: | Encrasicholina |
| Species: | E. gloria
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| Binomial name | |
| Encrasicholina gloria | |
Size
editThis species reaches a length of 7.2 cm (2.8 in).[3]
References
edit- ^ Hata, H. (2017). "Encrasicholina gloria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T98798114A98798197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98798114A98798197.en. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 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 Bull. Zool. 64:79-88.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Encrasicholina gloria". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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