174 Species in Family Engraulidae
Nominal species list for Engraulidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Amazonsprattus scintilla Roberts, 1984 Rio Negro pygmy anchovy
Anchoviella nattereri (Steindachner, 1879) Natterer's anchovy
Anchoviella perezi Cervigón, 1987
Anchoviella perfasciata (Poey, 1860) Poey's anchovy
Anchoviella sanfranciscana Barbosa, Gomes da Silva, da Rocha Araújo & Carvalho, 2017
Anchoviella vaillanti (Steindachner, 1908) Vaillant's anchovy
Anchoa analis (Miller, 1945) Longfin Pacific anchovy
Anchoa argentivittata (Regan, 1904) Regan's anchovy
Anchoa belizensis (Thomerson & Greenfield, 1975) Belize anchovy
Anchoa cayorum (Fowler, 1906) Key anchovy
Anchoa chamensis Hildebrand, 1943 Chame Point anchovy
Anchoa choerostoma (Goode, 1874) Bermuda anchovy
Anchoa colonensis Hildebrand, 1943 Narrow-striped anchovy
Anchoa compressa (Girard, 1858) Deep body anchovy
Anchoa cubana (Poey, 1868) Cuban anchovy
Anchoa curta (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Short anchovy
Anchoa delicatissima (Girard, 1854) Slough anchovy
Anchoa eigenmannia (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) Eigenmann's anchovy
Anchoa exigua (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Slender anchovy
Anchoa filifera (Fowler, 1915) Longfinger anchovy
Anchoa helleri (Hubbs, 1921) Heller's anchovy
Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus, 1758) Broad-striped anchovy
Anchoa ischana (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Sharpnose anchovy
Anchoa januaria (Steindachner, 1879) Rio anchovy
Anchoa lamprotaenia Hildebrand, 1943 Big-eye anchovy
Anchoa lucida (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Bright anchovy
Anchoa lyolepis (Evermann & Marsh, 1900) Shortfinger anchovy
Anchoa marinii Hildebrand, 1943 Marini's anchovy
Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848) Bay anchovy
Anchoa mundeola (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898) False Panama anchovy
Anchoa mundeoloides (Breder, 1928) Northern Gulf anchovy
Anchoa nasus (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Longnose anchovy
Anchoa panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) Panama anchovy
Anchoa parva (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) Little anchovy
Anchoa pectoralis Hildebrand, 1943 Bigfin anchovy
Anchoa scofieldi (Jordan & Culver, 1895) Scofield's anchovy
Anchoa spinifer (Valenciennes, 1848) Spicule anchovy
Anchoa starksi (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898) Starks's anchovy
Anchoa tricolor (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Piquitinga anchovy
Anchoa trinitatis (Fowler, 1915) Trinidad anchovy
Anchoa walkeri Baldwin & Chang, 1970 Persistent anchovy
Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839) Zabaleta anchovy
Anchovia landivarensis Greenfield & Greenfield, 1975
Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863) Bigscale anchovy
Anchovia surinamensis (Bleeker, 1865) Surinam anchovy
Anchoviella alleni (Myers, 1940) Allen's anchovy
Anchoviella balboae (Jordan & Seale, 1926) Balboa anchovy
Anchoviella blackburni Hildebrand, 1943 Blackburns's anchovy
Anchoviella brevirostris (Günther, 1868) Snubnose anchovy
Anchoviella carrikeri Fowler, 1940 Carriker's anchovy
Anchoviella cayennensis (Puyo, 1946) Cayenne anchovy
Anchoviella elongata (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) Elongate anchovy
Anchoviella guianensis (Eigenmann, 1912) Guyana anchovy
Anchoviella hernanni Loeb, Varella & Menezes, 2018
Anchoviella jamesi (Jordan & Seale, 1926) James's anchovy
Anchoviella juruasanga Loeb, 2012
Anchoviella lepidentostole (Fowler, 1911) Broadband anchovy
Anchoviella manamensis Cervigón, 1982 Manamo anchovy
Cetengraulis edentulus (Cuvier, 1829) Atlantic anchoveta
Cetengraulis mysticetus (Günther, 1867) Pacific anchoveta
Coilia coomansi Hardenberg, 1934 Cooman's grenadier anchovy
Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848 Goldspotted grenadier anchovy
Coilia grayii Richardson, 1845 Gray's grenadier anchovy
Coilia lindmani Bleeker, 1857 Lindman's grenadier anchovy
Coilia macrognathos Bleeker, 1852 Longjaw grenadier anchovy
Coilia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) Osbeck's grenadier anchovy
Coilia nasus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Japanese grenadier anchovy
Coilia neglecta Whitehead, 1968 Neglected grenadier anchovy
Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton, 1822) Ramcarat grenadier anchovy
Coilia rebentischii Bleeker, 1858 Many-fingered grenadier anchovy
Coilia reynaldi Valenciennes, 1848 Reynald's grenadier anchovy
Coilia borneensis Bleeker, 1852 Bornean grenadier anchovy
Coilia brachygnathus Kreyenberg & Pappenheim, 1908 Yangtse grenadier anchovy
Encrasicholina auster Hata & Motomura, 2017 Fiji anchovy
Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley, 1940) Devis' anchovy
Encrasicholina gloria Hata & Motomura, 2016 Red Sea anchovy
Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837) Shorthead anchovy
Encrasicholina integra Hata & Motomura, 2020 Papuan anchovy
Encrasicholina intermedia Hata & Motomura, 2016 Shiner anchovy
Encrasicholina macrocephala Hata & Motomura, 2015 Largehead anchovy
Encrasicholina oligobranchus (Wongratana, 1983) Philippine anchovy
Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938 Buccaneer anchovy
Encrasicholina purpurea (Fowler, 1900) Nehu
Encrasicholina sigma Hata & Motomura, 2020 Makassar anchovy
Engraulis anchoita Hubbs & Marini, 1935 Argentine anchovy
Engraulis australis (White, 1790) Australian anchovy
Engraulis capensis Gilchrist, 1913 Southern African anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) European anchovy
Engraulis eurystole (Swain & Meek, 1884) Silver anchovy
Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Japanese anchovy
Engraulis maeoticus Pusanov & Zeeb, 1926
Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854 Californian anchovy
Engraulis ringens Jenyns, 1842 Anchoveta
Jurengraulis juruensis (Boulenger, 1898) Jurua anchovy
Lycengraulis batesii (Günther, 1868) Bates' sabretooth anchovy
Lycengraulis figueiredoi Loeb & Alcântara, 2013
Lycengraulis grossidens (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Atlantic sabretooth anchovy
Lycengraulis limnichthys Schultz, 1949
Lycengraulis poeyi (Kner, 1863) Pacific sabretooth anchovy
Lycothrissa crocodilus (Bleeker, 1850) Sabretoothed thryssa
Papuengraulis micropinna Munro, 1964 Littlefin anchovy
Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis Peng & Zhao, 1988
Pterengraulis atherinoides (Linnaeus, 1766) Wingfin anchovy
Setipinna breviceps (Cantor, 1849) Shorthead hairfin anchovy
Setipinna brevifilis (Valenciennes, 1848) Short-hairfin anchovy
Setipinna melanochir (Bleeker, 1849) Dusky-hairfin anchovy
Setipinna paxtoni Wongratana, 1987 Humpback hairfin anchovy
Setipinna phasa (Hamilton, 1822) Gangetic hairfin anchovy
Setipinna taty (Valenciennes, 1848) Scaly hairfin anchovy
Setipinna tenuifilis (Valenciennes, 1848) Common hairfin anchovy
Setipinna wheeleri Wongratana, 1983 Burma hairfin anchovy
Stolephorus acinaces Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2020 Saber anchovy
Stolephorus advenus Wongratana, 1987 False Indian anchovy
Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966 Andhra anchovy
Stolephorus apiensis (Jordan & Seale, 1906) Samoan anchovy
Stolephorus babarani Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2020 Panay anchovy
Stolephorus baganensis Hardenberg, 1933 Bagan anchovy
Stolephorus balinensis (Bleeker, 1849) Great anchovy
Stolephorus belaerius Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 Belair anchovy
Stolephorus brachycephalus Wongratana, 1983 Broadhead anchovy
Stolephorus carpentariae (De Vis, 1882) Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy
Stolephorus celsior Hata & Motomura, 2021 Rosario anchovy
Stolephorus chinensis (Günther, 1880) China anchovy
Stolephorus commersonnii Lacepède, 1803 Commerson's anchovy
Stolephorus concursus Hata & Motomura, 2021 Concourse anchovy
Stolephorus continentalis Hata & Motomura, 2018
Stolephorus dubiosus Wongratana, 1983 Thai anchovy
Stolephorus grandis Hata & Motomura, 2021 Papuan double-lined anchovy
Stolephorus holodon (Boulenger, 1900) Natal anchovy
Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) Indian anchovy
Stolephorus insignus Hata & Motomura, 2018 Emblem anchovy
Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 Hardenberg's anchovy
Stolephorus leopardus Hata & Motomura, 2021 Leopard anchovy
Stolephorus mercurius Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 Mercury anchovy
Stolephorus multibranchus Wongratana, 1987 Caroline anchovy
Stolephorus nelsoni Wongratana, 1987 Nelson's anchovy
Stolephorus pacificus Baldwin, 1984 Pacific anchovy
Stolephorus rex Jordan & Seale, 1926 Commerson’s anchovy
Stolephorus ronquilloi Wongratana, 1983 Ronquillo's anchovy
Stolephorus scitulus (Fowler, 1911) Southern anchovy
Stolephorus shantungensis (Li, 1978)
Stolephorus tamilensis Gangan, Pavan-Kumar, Jahageerdar & Jaiswar, 2020 Tamil anchovy
Stolephorus teguhi Kimura, Hori & Shibukawa, 2009 Sulawesi anchovy
Stolephorus tri (Bleeker, 1852) Spined anchovy
Stolephorus waitei Jordan & Seale, 1926 Spotty-face anchovy
Stolephorus zephyrus Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 Zephyr anchovy
Thrissina baelama (Fabricius, 1775) Baelama anchovy
Thrissina belvedere Hata, Quan, Ha & Motomura, 2020 Ha Long Thryssa
Thrissina chefuensis (Günther, 1874) Chefoo thryssa
Thrissina cultella Hata & Motomura, 2019 Cutlass Thryssa
Thrissina serena Hata & Motomura, 2019 Arabian Thryssa
Thrissina supra Hata, Psomadakis, Osmany & Motomura, 2021 Pakistan Thryssa
Thrissina vitrirostris (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Orangemouth anchovy
Thrissina whiteheadi (Wongratana, 1983) Whitehead's Thryssa
Thryssa adelae (Rutter, 1897) Swatow thryssa
Thryssa aestuaria (Ogilby, 1910) Estuarine thryssa
Thryssa brevicauda Roberts, 1978 Short-tail thryssa
Thryssa dayi Wongratana, 1983 Day's thryssa
Thryssa dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848) Dussumier's thryssa
Thryssa encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852) False baelama anchovy
Thryssa gautamiensis Babu Rao, 1971 Gautama thryssa
Thryssa hamiltonii (Gray, 1835) Hamilton's thryssa
Thryssa kammalensis (Bleeker, 1849) Kammal thryssa
Thryssa kammalensoides Wongratana, 1983 Godavari thryssa
Thryssa malabarica (Bloch, 1795) Malabar thryssa
Thryssa marasriae Wongratana, 1987 Marasri's thryssa
Thryssa mystax (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Moustached thryssa
Thryssa polybranchialis Wongratana, 1983 Humphead thryssa
Thryssa purava (Hamilton, 1822) Oblique-jaw thryssa
Thryssa rastrosa Roberts, 1978 Fly river thryssa
Thryssa scratchleyi (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) New Guinea thryssa
Thryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782) Longjaw thryssa
Thryssa spinidens (Jordan & Seale, 1925) Bengal thryssa
Thryssa stenosoma Wongratana, 1983 Slender thryssa
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