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The European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) is a forage fish somewhat related to the herring. It is a type of anchovy ; anchovies are placed in the family Engraulidae . It lives off the coasts of Europe and Africa, including in the Mediterranean Sea , the Black Sea , and the Sea of Azov .
The European anchovy is abundant in the Mediterranean, particularly in the Alboran Sea, [12] Aegean Sea and the Black Sea. This species is regularly caught along the coasts of Crete, Greece, Sicily, Italy, France, Turkey, Northern Iran, Portugal and Spain. They are also found on the coast of northern Africa.
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)
Family: Hylidae (tree frogs and their allies) Common tree frog, Hyla arborea LC; Oriental tree frog, Hyla orientalis (eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran) [2] Italian tree frog, Hyla intermedia LC and: [n 1] Po's tree frog, Hyla perrini (southern Europe) [5] [6] Stripeless tree frog, Hyla meridionalis LC (southern Europe)
Before the arrival of humans European fauna was more diverse and widespread than today. The European megafauna of today is much reduced from its former numbers. The Holocene extinction drastically reduced numbers and distribution of megafauna and continues to (such as with wolves and bears). Many of these species still exist in smaller numbers ...
Coilia, the grenadier anchovies, is a genus of anchovies.It currently contains 12–13 species. [1] [2] They are found in East, Southeast and South Asia, and mostly inhabit estuarine regions, but there are also species in coastal marine habitats and rivers (at least up to 1,000 km or 620 mi from the sea in C. brachygnathus). [2]
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It currently contains 3 species. There are found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic ocean. Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839) (Zabaleta anchovy) Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863) (Bigscale anchovy) Anchovia surinamensis (Bleeker, 1865) (Surinam anchovy)