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Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens)
| Subject: | Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens)
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Description Engraulis ringens
Date 1858
Source Contributions to the fauna of Chile, Charles Girard http://www.archive.org/details/contributionstof00gira
Author J. H. Richard
Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engraulis_ringens.jpg
The Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) is a species of fish of the anchovy family, Engraulidae. It has yielded greater catches than any other single wild fish species in the world, with annual harvests varying between 4.2 to 8.3 million tonnes in 2008–2012. Almost all of the production is used for the fishmeal industry. Order: Clupeiformes, Family: Engraulidae.
Synonyms:
Anchoviella tapirulus (Cope, 1877)
Engraulis pulchellus Girard, 1855
Engraulis tapirulus Cope, 1877
Stolephorus tapirulus (Cope, 1877) |
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