elongata, Anchovia Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:198, Pl. 12 (fig. 2) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215); ref. 2963] Mindi Cut, Canal Zone, Panama. Holotype: USNM 81768. Paratypes: FMNH 8222-23 (2, 1); USNM 79585 (1), 81746 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:8 [ref. 12367], Loeb 2015:61 [ref. 36196]. •Valid as Anchoviella elongata (Meek & Hildebrand 1923) -- (Villa 1982:96 [ref. 36708], Whitehead et al. 1988:331 [ref. 5725], Cervigón 1992:314 [ref. 23827], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:72 [ref. 22947], Camargo & Isaac 2001:140 [ref. 27639], Nizinski & Munroe 2003:785 [ref. 26995], Matamoros et al. 2009:8 [ref. 31241], Angulo et al. 2013:990 [ref. 33194], Loeb 2015:61 [ref. 36196], Loeb et al. 2018:[2] [ref. 35873], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:145 [ref. 38945], Angulo et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40676], Barrientos et al. 2023:271 [ref. 41235], Carvalho-Filho 2023:68 [ref. 40480], Fricke et al. 2024:144 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Anchoviella elongata (Meek & Hildebrand 1923). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Quintana Roo (Mexico) and Belize south to northeastern Brazil, including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.