Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Atherina japonica Houttuyn, 1782 (ambiguous synonym)

Engraulis capensis (non Gilchrist, 1913) (misapplied name)

Engraulis japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym)

Engraulis zollingeri Bleeker, 1849 (synonym)

Engraulus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym)

Stolephorus celebicus Hardenberg, 1933 (synonym)

Stolephorus zollingeri (Bleeker, 1849) (synonym)

Common names:

Acciuga Italian

Acciuga del Giappone Italian

Anchoa del Cabo Spanish

Acciuga del Sudafrica Italian

Anchoa japonesa Spanish

Anchois du Cap French

Anchois du Japon French

Anchois japonais French

Biqueirão do Cabo Portuguese

Biqueirão do Indo-Pacífico Portuguese

Biqueirão japonês Portuguese

Japanese anchovy English

Japanische Sardelle German

Japanse ansjovis Dutch

Japansk ansjos Danish

Kaapse ansjovis Afrikaans, Dutch

Kap-ansjos Danish

Southern African anchovy English

Südafrikanische Sardelle German

姑仔 Mandarin Chinese

日本鯷 Mandarin Chinese

日本鳀 Mandarin Chinese

片口 Mandarin Chinese

苦蚵仔 Mandarin Chinese

鰯仔 Mandarin Chinese

鱙仔 Mandarin Chinese

멸치 Korean

Abaabi Arabic

Anchoa de Africa austral Spanish

Anchois Creole, French, French

Anchois de l'Afrique australe French

Anchoita japonesa Spanish

Anchovy English

Balingon Hiligaynon

Barriya Arabic

Biqueirão-do-Indo-Pacífico Portuguese

Bolinao Banton, Bikol, Cebuano, Davawenyo, Hiligaynon, Tagalog, Visayan

Bolinaw Bikol, Cebuano, Surigaonon

Boquerón Spanish

Bulinao Chavacano, Davawenyo, Tagalog, Waray-waray

Bulinaw Magindanaon, Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug, Waray-waray

Cape anchovy English

Dilis Agutaynen, Bikol, Chavacano, Ilokano, Kagayanen, Kuyunon, Magindanaon, Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug, Pangasinan, Tagalog, Waray-waray

Domud-ot Surigaonon

Gisukeni Japanese

Gurayan Bikol, Hiligaynon, Visayan

Hamsie japoneza Rumanian

Ikan putih Malay

Japaninsardelli Finnish

Japan-Sardelle German

Japansk ansjovis Swedish

Katakuchi-iwashi Japanese

Ligbao na bilog Tagalog

Niboshi Japanese

Sardel japonská Czech

Sardela japonska Polish

Sardela kapska Polish

Seguro-iwashi Japanese

Silag Bikol, Hiligaynon, Tagalog, Waray-waray

Tarekuchi-iwashi Japanese

Tigih Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug

Yaponskiy anchous Russian

Za'am Arabic

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 Engraulis

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Distribution:

Yellow Sea; Western Pacific: southern Sakhalin Islands, Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts of Japan, and south to almost Canton/Taiwan; rare records (seems to represent stray fishes) off the coasts of Luzon and Western Mindanao, Philippines and from Manado and Ujung Pa; Viet Nam; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Taiwan; South China Sea; South Africa; Sogod Bay; Somali Coastal Current; Shiliao River; Shihtsao River; Sea of Okhotsk; Sea of Japan; Ryukyu Islands; Ruerhmen River; Russian Federation; Philippines; Peng-hu Island; Pacific, Western Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific Ocean; Namibia; Mozambique; Mauritius; Korea, Republic of; Korea, Dem. People's Rep; Kenya; Kamchatka; Japan; Indonesian Sea; Indonesia; Indian Ocean, Western; Indian Ocean; Hong Kong; East China Sea; China; Chiku River; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Southeast; Benguela Current

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 08-Jul-1994

Online resource:

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


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:405b1058-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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