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European anchovy, Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

6,510Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,037
Feb1,948
Mar685
Apr59
May10
Jun2
Jul30
Aug85
Sep515
Oct1,268
Nov612
Dec258

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
6,510
Peak month
February
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Engraulis encrasicolus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
474
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Clupeiformes
Family
Engraulidae
Genus
Engraulis
Name with authority
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q188387 · GBIF 2414031