Coilia nasus

Coilia nasus
Sashimi of Etsu(Japanese name for Coilia nasus).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Genus: Coilia
Species: C. nasus
Binomial name
Coilia nasus
(Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
Synonyms

Coilia ectenes Jordan and Seale, 1905[1][2][3]

Coilia nasus, or C. ectenes,[1][2][3] also known as the 'Japanese grenadier anchovy', is classified under the actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes), clupeiformes (herrings) and engraulidae (anchovies). It derives its name coilio from the Greek koilia, meaning hollow abdomen. It measures a maximum of 41 cm for a male, and is found in marine, freshwater, brackish, pelagic-neritic and anadromous water at a depth of 50 m from 42 degrees northern latitude to 21 degrees latitude, and 109 degrees longitude east to 134 degrees east. It is distributed in the northwest Pacific, from Guangdong in China to the Ariake Sound in Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 "Coilia nasus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  2. 1 2 "Coilia nasus". The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  3. 1 2 Whitehead, Peter J.P.; Gareth J. Nelson; Thosaporn Wongratana (1988). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolfherrings. Part 2 - Engraulididae. Rome: Food & Agriculture Org. pp. 470–472.


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