Interrelationships of fossil and recent anchovies (Teleostei, Engrauloidea) and description of a new species from the Miocene of Cyprus. American Museum novitates ; no. 2826

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dc.contributor.authorGrande, Lance.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:10:47Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:10:47Z
dc.date.issued1985en_US
dc.description16 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 14-16).en_US
dc.description.abstract"Aside from species described only from otoliths, there are six alleged species of fossil anchovies (Engrauloidea). Of these only one (Engraulis 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 (aEngraulis longipinnis, Stolephorus lemoinei). Three are unrecognizable as clupeomorphs (lEngraulis evolans, E. brevipinnis, hEngraulites remifer). A new (and only the second valid) fossil species of anchovy, Engraulis 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].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5233
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2826en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2826, 1985en_US
dc.subject.lcshOsteichthyes, Fossil.en_US
dc.subject.lcshAnchovies.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEngraulis tethensis.en_US
dc.subject.lcshFishes -- Cyprusen_US
dc.subject.lcshFishes, Fossil -- Cyprus.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Miocene -- Cyprus.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Cyprus.en_US
dc.titleInterrelationships of fossil and recent anchovies (Teleostei, Engrauloidea) and description of a new species from the Miocene of Cyprus. American Museum novitates ; no. 2826en_US
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