Engraulicypris

Engraulicypris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Danionidae
Subfamilia: Chedrinae
Genus: Engraulicypris
Species: E. sardella

Name

Engraulicypris Günther, 1894

Type species: Engraulicypris pinguis, Günther, 1894. Type by monotypy.

Holotype: (unique): BMNH 1863.11.12.23.

Type locality: Shire River, eastern Africa.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1894. Second report on the reptiles, batrachians, and fishes transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston, C. B., from British Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4): 616–628, pls. 53–57. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Engraulicypris and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on January 11, 2016.
• Engraulicypris – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Engraulicypris species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.