Engraulis

Engraulis
Temporal range:
Late Miocene to Present
A school of Californian anchovies (E. mordax)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Subfamily: Engraulinae
Genus: Engraulis
Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Clupea encrasicolus
Species

See text.

Engraulis is a genus of anchovies, currently containing 9 species. Species in this genus are found in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea, and several of them are commercially important.