WoRMS taxon details
Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913
219983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219983)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1913). Review of the South African clupeidae (herrings) and allied families of fishes. <em>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.</em> No. 1 (art. 2): 46-66, Pl. 2. [details]
Taxonomic remark Some authors speculate this species to be identical with E. encrasicolus
Description Occurs in shallow inshore waters, but also in deeper waters, forming large schools. Feeds mainly on calanoid copepods when...
Taxonomic remark Some authors speculate this species to be identical with E. encrasicolus [details]
Description Occurs in shallow inshore waters, but also in deeper waters, forming large schools. Feeds mainly on calanoid copepods when...
Description Occurs in shallow inshore waters, but also in deeper waters, forming large schools. Feeds mainly on calanoid copepods when juvenile, gradually switching to phytoplankton at about 5 cm SL. Spawns in coastal waters within 80 km from shore, from early spring to late summer (October to April in southern African waters, with a peak in November/December in the south, but in February off Namibia). The eggs are elliptical. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219983 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1913). Review of the South African clupeidae (herrings) and allied families of fishes. <em>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.</em> No. 1 (art. 2): 46-66, Pl. 2. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Some authors speculate this species to be identical with E. encrasicolus [details]Unreviewed
Description Occurs in shallow inshore waters, but also in deeper waters, forming large schools. Feeds mainly on calanoid copepods when juvenile, gradually switching to phytoplankton at about 5 cm SL. Spawns in coastal waters within 80 km from shore, from early spring to late summer (October to April in southern African waters, with a peak in November/December in the south, but in February off Namibia). The eggs are elliptical. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Southern African anchovy | [details] |
