starksi, Stolephorus Gilbert [C. H.] & Pierson [C. J.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:2813 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2445] Panama. Lectotype: CAS-SU 5814 (44 mm). Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 5814 (109). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:13 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Nelson 1986:893 [ref. 5735]. •Valid as Anchoa starksi (Gilbert & Pierson 1898) -- (Nelson 1986:891 [ref. 5735], Whitehead et al. 1988:372 [ref. 5725], Bussing & López S. 1994:52 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1086 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:131 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:186 [ref. 24555], McMahan et al. 2013:443 [ref. 32422], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36544], Angulo et al. 2023:17 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:143 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa starksi (Gilbert & Pierson 1898). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Baja California (Mexico) south to Ecuador and possibly Peru. Habitat: brackish, marine.