Southern African anchovy
Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913
- Name authority
- Gilchrist, 1913
- Common name
- Southern African anchovy
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Engraulidae
- Genus
- Engraulis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderClupeiformes
- suborderClupeoidei Bleeker, 1859
- familyEngraulidae Gill, 1861
- subfamilyEngraulinae Gill, 1861
- genusEngraulis Cuvier, 1816
- speciesEngraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Engraulis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| European anchovyEngraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silver anchovyEngraulis eurystole (Swain & Meek, 1884) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Californian anchovyEngraulis mordax Girard, 1854 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Argentine anchovyEngraulis anchoita Hubbs & Marini, 1935 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japanese anchovyEngraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engraulis maeoticus Pusanov & Zeeb, 1926 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Engraulis australis (White, 1790) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peruvian anchovyEngraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1913). Review of the South African clupeidae (herrings) and allied families of fishes. Marine Biological Report: For the Year Ended ... And for the Half Year Ending ...; To Be Presented to the Provincial Council; Union of South Africa, Province of the Cape of Good Hope., No. 1 (art. 2): 46–66, Pl. 2. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39TKZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.