Engraulis

 ( Extant Miocene First Appearances ) 

Engraulis is a genus of anchovy. It currently contains nine species. They are found in Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean sea, as well.

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Species Engraulis contains the following species:

• Engraulis albidus Philippe Borsa, Adeline Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004 (White anchovy)
• Engraulis anchoita C. L. Hubbs & Marini, 1935 (Argentine anchoita)
• Engraulis australis (Shaw, 1790) (Australian anchovy)
• Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913 (Southern African anchovy)
• European anchovy (Carl Linnaeus, 1758) (European anchovy)
• Engraulis eurystole (Swain & Meek, 1885) (Silver anchovy)
• Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Hermann Schlegel, 1846 (Japanese anchovy)
• Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854 (Californian anchovy)
• Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842 (Peruvian anchoveta)

Two valid fossil species are also known:

• † Engraulis macrocephalus Landini & Menesini, 1978 - Piacenzian/Early Pleistocene of Italy
• † Engraulis tethensis Lance Grande, 1985 - Late Miocene of Cyprus

Many other fossil species have been assigned to Engraulis, but a review of these specimens have found most to be far too fragmentary to be assigned to this genus, and many to not even be Clupeomorpha.

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