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Engraulis compressus

(Deep body anchovy)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Anchovy, Deep body anchovy, deepbody anchovy

Common Names in French:

Anchois haut, Anchois plat

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

高体小鳀, 高體小鯷

Common Names in Spanish:

Anchoa, Anchoa alta, Anchoa chata

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
        Order: Clupeiformes ()
        Suborder: Clupeoidei () -
        Family: Engraulidae ()
        Genus: Engraulis () - Cuvier, 1817
        Specific name: compressus
        Scientific name: - Engraulis compressus

Synonyms

Anchoa compressa • Anchoa compressa (Girard, 1858)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Engraulis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 47 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. anchoita (Argentine Anchoita) · E. antipodum (Silverstripe Anchovy) · E. australis (Frogmouth Pilchard) · E. batesii (Bates's Sabretooth Anchovy) · E. breviceps (Shorthead Hairfin Anchovy) · E. brevifilis (Short-Hairfin Anchovy) · E. brevirostris (Snubnose Anchovy) · E. capensis (Southern African Anchovy) · E. carpentariae (Gulf of Carpenteria Anchovy) · Stolephorus indicus (Chinese Anchovy) · E. clupeoides (Grubber Broadhead) · E. compressus (Deep Body Anchovy) · E. crocodilus (Sabretoothed Thryssa) · E. cubanus (Cuban Anchovy) · E. delicatissimus (Slough Anchovy) · E. dussumieri (Dussumier's Anchovy) · E. edentulus (Anchoveta Raboamaril 3) · E. encrasicholus (Southern African Anchovy) · E. encrasicolus (Southern African Anchovy) · E. eurystole (Camiguana Anchovy) · E. grossidens (Atlantic Sabertooth Anchovy) · E. heteroloba (Shorthead Anchovy) · E. holodon (Hardenberg's Anchovy) · E. januarius (Rio Anchovy) · E. japonicus (Anchovy) · E. kammalensis (Malabar Thryssa) · E. macrolepidotus (Bigscale Anchovy) · E. melanochir (Dusky-Hairfin Anchovy) · E. mitchilli (Common Anchovy) · E. mordax (North Pacific Anchovy) · E. mordax mordax (Californian Anchoveta) · E. mordax nanus (Anchovies) · E. mysticetus (Pacific Anchoveta) · E. nasus (Longnose Anchovy) · E. nattereri (Natterer's Anchovy) · E. panamensis (Panama Anchovy) · E. perfasciatus (Grubber Broadhead) · E. poeyi (Pacific Sabretooth Anchovy) · E. ringens (Anchoveta Peruana) · E. scratchleyi (Freshwater Anchovy) · E. spinifer (Spicule Anchovy) · E. taty (Scaly Hairfin Anchovy) · E. tenuifilis (Common Hairfin Anchovy) · E. tri (Spined Anchovy) · E. tricolor (Piquitinga Anchovy) · E. vaillanti (Vaillant's Anchovy) · E. vulgaris (Southern African Anchovy)

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Further Reading

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American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture, Boston, L. C. Page[c1903]. url .
Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 180, p. 180, p. 299.
Bibliography of the fishes of the Pacific coast of the United states to the end of 1879. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1882. url p. 27, p. 67.
Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 274, p. 447.
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 32.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 67 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 407.
Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 395.
Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1868. url p. 395.
Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 447.
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 501, p. 772.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 42.
Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 286.
Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 47, p. 50.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 152750
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3999948

Last Revised: 2012-07-28