Pterengraulis
Pterengraulis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Engraulidae |
Subfamily: | Engraulinae |
Genus: | Pterengraulis Günther, 1868 |
Species: | P. atherinoides |
Binomial name | |
Pterengraulis atherinoides (Linnaeus, 1766) |
Pterengraulis atherinoides, the wingfin anchovy is a species of anchovy which is found along the Atlantic coast of South America from the Orinoco Delta to Ceará, Brazil. It is the only species in its genus.
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