Species that contain: Anchoa and hepsetus and hepsetus [ 7 ] records

brownii, Atherina Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1397 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Atlantic and Pacifics. No types known. •Synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:355 [ref. 5725], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:129 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

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]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa colonensis Hildebrand 1943. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ginsburgi, Anchoa Hildebrand [S. F.] 1943:55, Fig. 20 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 8 (art. 2); ref. 13209] Eslaques Bay, Gulf of Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 119788. Paratypes: USNM 119789 (1), 127608-09 (7, 3), 127610 (4, juv.). •Synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:355 [ref. 5725]). Current status: Synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

hepsetus, Esox Linnaeus [C.] 1758:314 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] America (Brazil; Jamaica). No types known. Based on the "Piqvitinga" of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:159, fig. [ref. 30347] (Brazil), on the "Menidia corpore subpellucido, linea laterali latiori argentea" of Browne 1756:441, Pl. 45 (fig. 3) [ref. 30188] (Jamaica), and on the "Argentina pinna dorsali pinnae ani opposita" of Linnaeus 1749:321 [ref. 38023]. Incorrectly spelled epsetus by Bonnaterre 1788:175 [ref. 4940]. •Valid as Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:398 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:73 [ref. 23100], Whitehead et al. 1988:355 [ref. 5725], Scott & Scott 1988:119 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:53 [ref. 14674], Cervigón 1991:112 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:43 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:311 [ref. 23827], Murdy et al. 1997:66 [ref. 23144], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:351 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:129 [ref. 24550], Camargo & Isaac 2001:140 [ref. 27639] as cf. hepsetus, Munroe in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:106 [ref. 26158], López et al. 2002:63 [ref. 26808], Nizinski & Munroe 2003:774 [ref. 26995], Smith et al. 2003:10 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], García-Hernández et al. 2009:91 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:66 [ref. 32708], Nión et al. 2016:26 [ref. 35565], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:435 [ref. 35886], Angulo et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:67 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to Uruguay, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

menidia, Atherina Linnaeus [C.] 1766:519 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A]; Jamaica (erroneous). No types known. Based on multiple sources, including the Menidia, corpore subpellucido ... of Browne 1756:441 [ref. 30188] [Jamaica], the 'Argentina linea lata argentea in lateribus' of Gronow 1763:112 [ref. 1910] [Jamaica], and the 'Silverfish' in a manuscript description by A. Garden [South Carolina]. Species epithet misspelled maenidia by Cuvier 1831:173 [ref. 30376]. •Valid as Chirostoma menidium (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Herrera 1896:42 [ref. 39336] with author as Gill). •In part synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:355 [ref. 5725] in family Engraulidae). •Valid as Menidia menidia (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Lee et al. 1980:560 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:415 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:113 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:316 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:124 [ref. 14674], Murdy et al. 1997:131 [ref. 23144], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:164 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:153 [ref. 27754], Chernoff in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:282 [ref. 26158], Chernoff 2003:1103 [ref. 27017], Nelson et al. 2004:99 [ref. 27807], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:100 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:435 [ref. 35886], Page et al. 2023:140 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Menidia menidia (Linnaeus 1766). Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic, including Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

perthecatus, Stolephorus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1882:434 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 297); ref. 1840] Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 30483. •Synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:355 [ref. 5725]). Current status: Synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

vittata, Clupea Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:456 [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758) or Clupea harengus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Smith 1986:395, 398 [ref. 22186]). Current status: Synonym of Anchoa. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: freshwater.