ischanus, Stolephorus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:340 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237); ref. 2470] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, eastern Pacific. Syntypes: USNM 29246 [not 28246] (28). •Valid as Anchoa ischana (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:356 [ref. 5725], Bussing & López S. 1994:52 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1075 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:130 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:193 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:186 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:131 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:24 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:66 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Love et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:111 [ref. 40816], Fricke et al. 2024:140 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa ischana (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: brackish, marine.