Coilia
| Coilia | |
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| Coilia dussumieri (above) Coilia ramcarati (below) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Engraulidae |
| Subfamily: | Coiliinae
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| Genus: | Coilia J. E. Gray, 1830 |
Coilia, the grenadier anchovies, is a genus of
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] The largest is up to 41 cm (16 in) in length, but most species only reach around half that size.[2]
It derives its generic name coilia 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 to be a synonym of Coilia nasus,[1] hence listing one species less than the FishBase.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (30 June 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Coilia in FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Coilia nasus" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
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