Encrasicholina gloria

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 gloria

Name

Encrasicholina gloria Hata & Motomura, 2016

• Holotype: MNHN 1966-0646.
• Paratypes (13): BMNH 1984.5.16.9–15 (5); HUJ 20531, 20269 (3); KAUM–I 80906; MNHN 1942-0049 (3).

Type locality: Suez Bay, Egypt, 29°54’00”N, 32°31’12”E.

Etymology: The specific name gloria is derived from the Latin meaning “glory”, in reference to the brilliant silver stripe along the body.

References

• Hata, H. & Motomura, H. 2016. Two new species of the genus Encrasicholina (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae): E. intermedia from the western Indian Ocean and E. gloria from the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Mediterranean. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 79–88. PDF. Reference page.