mitchilli, Engraulis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1848:50 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 21; ref. 1013] New York, U.S.A. Lectotype: MNHN A-7930. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-3097 [ex MNHN A-7930] (1), 0000-3722 (6), 0000-3723 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:299 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:33 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:128 [ref. 6464]. •Valid as Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes 1848) -- (Lee et al. 1980:73 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:397 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:74 [ref. 23100], Whitehead et al. 1988:363 [ref. 5725], Boschung 1992:44 [ref. 23239], Knight & Hastings 1994:149 [ref. 25560], Mettee et al. 1996:121 [ref. 25836], Murdy et al. 1997:65 [ref. 23144], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:354 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:136 [ref. 24550], Ross et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25978], Munroe in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:107 [ref. 26158], Nizinski & Munroe 2003:778 [ref. 26995], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:133 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2005:9 [ref. 28940], Miller 2006:88 [ref. 28615], García-Hernández et al. 2009:91 [ref. 37265], Page & Burr 2011:146 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:66 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:65 [ref. 35886], Bagley et al. 2023:313 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:141 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes 1848). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Maine south to Florida (U.S.A.), including Gulf of Mexico. IUCN (2013): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.