Interesting Facts
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
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
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)
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
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)
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
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)
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
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)
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
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)
- Order:
Clupeiformes
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- Suborder:
Clupeoidei
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)
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- Family:
Engraulidae
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- Genus:
Engraulis
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)
- Cuvier, 1817
- Specific name:
compressus
- Scientific name: - Engraulis compressus
- Specific name:
compressus
- Genus:
Engraulis
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- Family:
Engraulidae
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- Suborder:
Clupeoidei
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- Order:
Clupeiformes
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- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
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- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
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- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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Synonyms
Anchoa compressa • Anchoa compressa (Girard, 1858)
Similar Species
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
- 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
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
