Encrasicholina heteroloba

Taxonavigation: Clupeoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Clupei Superordo: Clupeomorpha Ordo: Clupeiformes Subordo: Clupeoidei

Familia: Engraulidae
Genus: Encrasicholina
Species: Encrasicholina heteroloba

Name

Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)

• Lectotype: ?SMF 4305.
• Paralectotypes: BMNH 1845.10.29.104 (1); ?RMNH 3341 [ex SMF] (1); SMF 4714-17 (4).

Type locality: Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea.

Etymology: etymology not explained and allusion not evident, possibly hetero- (= different), and lobus (= lobe), referring to distinctiveness of large, erect scales on each side of caudal fin. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Engraulis heteroloba Rüppell, 1837
  • Stolephorus heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837) -- Dor, 1984
• Amentum devisi Whitley, 1940
  • Stolephorus devisi (Whitley, 1940) -- Paxton et al., 1989
  • Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley, 1940) -- Whitehead et al., 1988

Vernacular names

English: Shorthead Anchovy

References

• Hata, H. & Motomura, H. 2016. Validity of Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg 1933) and redescription of Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837), a senior synonym of Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley 1940) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyological Research, First online: 20 June 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-016-0529-4 Reference page. 
• Rüppell, E. 1837. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main. i–ii + 1–148, Pls. 1–33. [1837: 53–80, Pls. 15–21]. Reference page. 

Links

• Encrasicholina heteroloba in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Encrasicholina heteroloba in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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