Engraulis currently contains the following 9 species: •
Engraulis albidus Borsa,
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) •
Engraulis encrasicolus (
Linnaeus,
1758) (European anchovy) •
Engraulis eurystole (
Swain &
Meek, 1885) (Silver anchovy) •
Engraulis japonicus Temminck &
Schlegel, 1846 (Japanese anchovy) •
Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854 (Californian anchovy) •
Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842 (Peruvian anchoveta) Two
fossil species are also assigned to this genus: • †
Engraulis macrocephalus Landini & Menesini, 1978 -
Late Pliocene/
Early Pleistocene of Italy • †
Engraulis tethensis 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 confidently assigned to this genus, and many may not even be
clupeomorphs. ==References==