Encrasicholina

Encrasicholina is a genus of fish in the family Engraulidae.

Encrasicholina
Encrasicholina purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Engraulidae
Genus:	Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

• Encrasicholina gloria Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Red Sea anchovy) [1]
• Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837) (Devis' anchovy) [2]
• Encrasicholina intermedia Hata & Motomura, 2016 (Shiner anchovy) [1]
• Encrasicholina macrocephala Hata & Motomura, 2015 [3]
• Encrasicholina oligobranchus (Wongratana, 1983) (Philippine anchovy)
• Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg, 1933) (Short-head anchovy) [2]
• Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938 (Buccaneer anchovy)
• Encrasicholina purpurea (Fowler, 1900) (Hawaiian anchovy)

References

1. Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (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 Bulletin of Zoology, 64: 79–88.
2. Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2016): Validity of Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg 1933) and redescription of Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837), a senior synonym of Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley 1940) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 18–28.
3. Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 117–124.