tricolor, Engraulis Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:51, Pl. 23 (fig. 1) [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Bahia (Brazil); mouth of Uruará canal to Amazon River, at Vira Sebo community, Canaã Village, Prainha City, 01°53’33''S, 53°29’17''W (Pará State, Brazil). Syntypes: MHNN 1142 (6). Type catalog: Kottelat 1984:146 [ref. 21784], Kottelat 1988:84 [ref. 13380]. As Engraulis piquitinga on plate. Comments on type locality see Koerber 2021:93 [ref. 38172]. •Valid as Anchoa tricolor (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:373 [ref. 5725], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27192] with author as Agassiz, Di Dario et al. 2013:262 [ref. 37503], Catelani et al. 2014:931 [ref. 37496], Petry et al. 2016:300 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:26 [ref. 35565] with author as Agassiz, Spier et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Koerber 2021:90, 93 [ref. 38172], Carvalho-Filho 2023:67 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa tricolor (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Ceará (Brazil) south to Argentina. Habitat: brackish, marine.