colonensis, Anchoa hepsetus Hildebrand [S. F.] 1943:60, Fig. 22 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 8 (art. 2); ref. 13209] Vicinity of Colón, (Atlantic) Panama. Holotype: USNM 117664. Paratypes: (12) FMNH 2685 (?12), USNM 79555 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:7 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:128 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Anchoa colonensis Hildebrand 1943 -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:345 [ref. 5725], Cervigón 1992:310 [ref. 23827], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:69 [ref. 22947], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:150 [ref. 27754], Nizinski & Munroe 2003:771 [ref. 26995], Nelson et al. 2004:65 [ref. 27807], Matamoros et al. 2009:8 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:66 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:138 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa colonensis Hildebrand 1943. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.