Australian anchovy
Appearance
Australian anchovy | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Genus: | Engraulis |
Species: | E. australis
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Binomial name | |
Engraulis australis (J. White, 1790)
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The Australian anchovy, Engraulis australis, is a species of anchovy of the family Engraulidae, found off south-east Australia, and around New Zealand.
The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton and is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. It is usually utilized as bait.
References
[edit]- "Engraulis australis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Engraulis australis". Fishbase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8