Interrelationships of fossil and recent anchovies (Teleostei, Engrauloidea) and description of a new species from the Miocene of Cyprus

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2826

By

Grande, Lance

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1985

Notes

Title from caption.

"August 9, 1985."

"Aside from species described only from otoliths, there are six alleged species of fossil anchovies (Engrauloidea). Of these only one (ýEngraulis macrocephalus from the Plio-Pleistocene of Italy) is recognizable as an anchovy on the basis of character information. Two are recognizable as clupeomorphs and probably as clupeids (ýEngraulis longipinnis, ýStolephorus lemoinei). Three are unrecognizable as clupeomorphs (ýEngraulis evolans, ýE. brevipinnis, ýEngraulites remifer). A new (and only the second valid) fossil species of anchovy, ýEngraulis tethensis n. sp. from the Upper Miocene of Cyprus, is the oldest known species of the group. The scarcity of fossil anchovies is anomalous in view of their abundance today (at least 130 species) and the abundance of fossil herrings (well over 100 species). Interrelationships of clupeomorph subgroups imply that anchovies (Engrauloidea) are as old as herrings (Clupeoidea). Ecology may explain the scarcity of fossil anchovies"--P. [1].

Subjects

Anchovies , Classification , Cyprus , Engraulis tethensis , Fishes , Fishes, Fossil , Miocene , Osteichthyes, Fossil , Paleontology

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2826, 1985

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 12545584