Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Lycengraulis grossidens (Agassiz, 1829) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Anchovia abbotti Fowler, 1915 (synonym)

Anchoviella abbotti (Fowler, 1915) (synonym)

Engraulis dentex Valenciennes, 1848 (synonym)

Engraulis grossidens Agassiz, 1829 (synonym)

Engraulis janeiro Spix, 1829 (ambiguous synonym)

Engraulis olidus Günther, 1874 (synonym)

Lucengraulis abbotti (Fowler, 1915) (synonym)

Lucengraulis polymera Marini, 1935 (ambiguous synonym)

Lycengraulis limnichthys (non Schultz, 1949) (misapplied name)

Lycengraulis olidus (Eigenmann, 1907) (synonym)

Lycengraulis schroederi Hildebrand, 1943 (synonym)

Lycengraulis simulator Fuster de Plaza, 1962 (synonym)

Stolephorus olidus Eigenmann, 1907 (synonym)

Common names:

Flodansjos Danish

Enchova do rio Portuguese

Anchoita de rio Spanish

Anchois d'eau douce French

Acciuga dentata Italian

Biqueirão do rio Portuguese

Atlantische Säbelzahn-Sardelle German

River anchoita English

Rivieransjovis Dutch

大西洋狼鯷 Mandarin Chinese

大西洋狼鳀 Mandarin Chinese

Anchoa Spanish

Anchoa de rio Spanish

Anchoa dentona Spanish

Anchois goulard French

Anchoita English, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Anchovy English

Anchwa Creole, French

Arenga-branca Portuguese

Arenque Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish

Arenque-branco Portuguese

Arenque-do-dia Portuguese

Atlantic sabertooth anchovy English

Atlantic sabretooth anchovy English

Biqueirão-do-rio Portuguese

Brasiliansk rovansjovis Swedish

Comidiu Portuguese

Krafana Sranan

Makélélou Creole, French, Galibi

Manjuba Portuguese

Manjubao Portuguese

Mussolina Portuguese

Mussulina Portuguese

Pitinga Portuguese

Rapurata-iwashi Japanese

River anchovy English

Sabaleta Spanish

Sardel riodejaneirská Czech

Sardina Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, English, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Maltese, Rumanian, Russian, Spanish

Sardinha manjuba Portuguese

Sardinha plata Portuguese

Sardinha prata Portuguese

Sardinha preta Portuguese

Sardinha-arenque Portuguese

Sardinha-boca-de-cobra Portuguese

Sardinha-branca Portuguese

Sardinha-prata Portuguese

Toothed anchovy English

Zaran Creole, French

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Clupeiformes

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Family Engraulidae

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Genus Lycengraulis

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Distribution:

Western Atlantic: Belize (but no southerly records until Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela); then from Gulf of Venezuela and Trinidad south to Argentina at Carmen de Patagones; also lower and sometimes middle parts of the Orinoco, the Amazon to above Manaus, and; Venezuela; Uruguay; Trinidad and Tobago; Suriname; South Brazil Shelf; Paraná; Patagonian Shelf; North Brazil Shelf; Neotropical; Guyana; French Guiana; East Brazil Shelf; Curaçao Island; Colombia; Caribbean Sea; Brazil; Belize; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Western Central; Atlantic Ocean; Aruba; Argentina; America, South - Inland waters; America, North - Inland waters; Amazon

Additional data:

ex Cuvier.

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 29-May-1996

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:401db575-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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