clupeoides, Engraulis Swainson [W.] 1839:388 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Pernambuco coast, Brazil. No types known. Original as clupeoïdes. Not treated in Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27061] •Valid as Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson 1839) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:378 [ref. 5725], Cervigón 1991:115 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:313 [ref. 23827], Planquette et al. 1996:64 [ref. 22818], González Bencomo et al. 1997:158 [ref. 24960], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:124 [ref. 24550], Marín 2000:65 [ref. 26252], Camargo & Isaac 2001:140 [ref. 27639], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27192], Nizinski & Munroe 2003:782 [ref. 26995], Smith et al. 2003:10 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], Matamoros et al. 2009:8 [ref. 31241], Di Dario et al. 2013:262 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:66 [ref. 32708], Catelani et al. 2014:931 [ref. 37496], Petry et al. 2016:300 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:26 [ref. 35565], Costa et al. 2017:44 [ref. 35684], Spier et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Angulo 2021:7 [ref. 38913], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:141 [ref. 38945], Angulo et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40676], Barrientos et al. 2023:271 [ref. 41235], Carvalho-Filho 2023:69 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:143 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson 1839). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Veracruz (Mexico) and Cuba south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.