Engraulicypris
Illustration of Engraulicypris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Danioninae
Genus:	Engraulicypris Günther, 1894
Synonyms
Mesobola Howes, 1984 [1]

Engraulicypris is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to Africa. In a study of mitochondrial genealogy, the species formerly included in Mesobola are not phylogenetically separated from Engraulicypris and therefore should also be included in Engraulicypris.^[1]

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

• Engraulicypris bredoi Poll, 1945 ^[1]
• Engraulicypris brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) ^[1] (river sardine)
• Engraulicypris gariepinus Barnard, 1943 ^[1]
• Engraulicypris howesi Riddin, I. R. Bills & Villet, 2016 ^[1]
• Engraulicypris ngalala Riddin, Villet & I. R. Bills, 2016 ^[1]
• Engraulicypris sardella (Günther, 1868) (Lake Malawi sardine)
• Engraulicypris spinifer R. G. Bailey & Matthes, 1971 ^[1] (Malagarasi sardine)