| Engraulis | |
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| A school of Californian anchovies, E. mordax. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Subfamily: | Engraulinae |
| Genus: | Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Clupea encrasicolus | |
| Species | |
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Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.[2] They are found in Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean sea, as well.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Engraulis". FishBase. August 2024 version.