Coilia

Coilia
Coilia ramcarati
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Coilia

Coilia, the Grenadier anchovies, is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains 12–13 species.[1][2] It derives its generic name coilio from the Greek koilia, meaning "hollow" or "abdomen".[3]

Species

There are 12[1] or 13 species:[2]

  • Coilia borneensis Bleeker, 1852 (Bornean grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia brachygnathus Kreyenberg & Pappenheim, 1908 (Yangtze grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia coomansi Hardenberg, 1934 (Cooman's grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848 (Goldspotted grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia grayii J. Richardson, 1845 (Gray's grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia lindmani Bleeker, 1858 (Lindman's grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia macrognathos Bleeker, 1852 (Longjaw grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Osbeck's grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia nasus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Japanese grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia neglecta Whitehead, 1967 (Neglected grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia ramcarati (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Ramcarat grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia rebentischii Bleeker, 1858 (Many-fingered grenadier anchovy)
  • Coilia reynaldi Valenciennes, 1848 (Reynald's grenadier anchovy)

The Catalog of Fishes considers Coilia brachygnathus synonym of Coilia nasus,[1] hence listing one species less that the FishBase.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (30 June 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). Species of Coilia in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Coilia nasus" in FishBase. February 2017 version.


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