Anchovia Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] in Jordan 1895:411 Fem. Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner 1863. Type by monotypy. Genus described more fully in Jordan & Evermann 1896:449 [ref. 2443]. •Valid as Anchovia Jordan & Evermann 1895 -- (Grande 1985:245 [ref. 6466], Whitehead et al. 1988:377 [ref. 5725], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:123 [ref. 24550], Nizinski & Munroe 2003:768 [ref. 26995], Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27061], Angulo et al. 2013:990 [ref. 33194]). Current status: Valid as Anchovia Jordan & Evermann 1895. Engraulidae: Engraulinae.