mordax, Engraulis Girard [C. F.] 1854:138 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1817] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Engraulis mordax Girard 1854 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:74 [ref. 9277], Nelson 1984:424 [ref. 5190], Whitehead et al. 1988:320 [ref. 5725], Hammann & Cisneros-Mata 1989:49 [ref. 23109], Swift et al. 1993:130 [ref. 22379], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1082 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:135 [ref. 24545], Fuller et al. 1999:41 [ref. 25838], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:138 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807]). Current status: Valid as Engraulis mordax Girard 1854. Engraulidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: British Columbia to Gulf of California. Habitat: marine.