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Anchoa

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Taxonomy
Anchoa was named by Jordan and Evermann (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Clupeidae by Schwarzhans (1980); and to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. compressa, A. nitida
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. mitchilli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Anchoa Jordan and Evermann
1980Anchoa Schwarzhans p. 15
2002Anchoa Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderClupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
suborderClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusAnchoaJordan and Evermann 1927

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Anchoa Jordan and Evermann 1927
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Anchoa compressa Girard 1858 [deep body anchovy]
†Anchoa nitida Schwarzhans 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 18.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand A. nitida (67900)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama A. sp. (145519 145523)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) A. sp. (135043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) A. compressa (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) A. mitchilli (161932)