Encrasicholina heteroloba, the shorthead anchovy, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Genus: | Encrasicholina |
| Species: | E. heteroloba
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| Binomial name | |
| Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)
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Size edit
This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[3]
References edit
- ^ Santos, M., Hata, H., Belga, P.B., Lanzuela, N., Buccat, F.G.A., Villanueva, J.A., Villarao, M.C., Doyola, M.C., Deligero, R., Alcantara, M., Gatlabayan, L.V., Tambihasan, A.M., Lopez, G., Parido, L. & Gapuz, A.V. (2017). "Encrasicholina heteroloba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75155263A75155297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T75155263A75155297.en. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Encrasicholina heteroloba" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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