| Largehead anchovy | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Genus: | Encrasicholina |
| Species: | E. macrocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Encrasicholina macrocephala Hata & Motomura, 2015 | |
Encrasicholina macrocephala, the largehead anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean. [2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Hata, H. (2017). "Encrasicholina macrocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T98901778A98901860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98901778A98901860.en. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ↑ Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2015. A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3941(1):117-124.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Encrasicholina macrocephala" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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