Engraulidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Engraulidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Anchovy
Anchovies are small, common forage fishes of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water.
More than 140 species are placed in 16 genera; they are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, and in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Anchovies are usually classified as oily fish.
...Engraulidae in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Ansjovisse
- Afrikaans
- Assouse
- Chinese
- 鯷科
- Czech
- sardelovití
- English
- Anchovies
- English
- Grenadier Anchovies, Thryssas, and Allies
- Finnish
- sardellit
- Indonesian
- Ikan Teri
- Indonesian
- Ikan Bilis
- Japanese
- カタクチイワシ科
- Korean
- 멸치과
- Russian
- Анчоусовые
- Sinhala
- හාල්මැස්සන්
- Ukrainian
- Анчоусові
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