Species that contain: Anchoa and panamensis [ 1 ] records

panamensis, Engraulis Steindachner [F.] 1876:589 [39] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.); ref. 18772] (Pacific) Panama. Lectotype: NMW 1970 (113.2 mm SL). Paralectotypes: NMW 1969 (2), 1970 (2 of 3), 1971-72 (2, 2). Type information and lectotype designation: Whitehead 1970:36 [ref. 11605]. •Valid as Anchoa panamensis (Steindachner 1876) -- (Nelson & Sonoda 1987:521 [ref. 12331], Whitehead et al. 1988:367 [ref. 5725], Bussing & López S. 1994:50 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1086 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:186 [ref. 24555], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745], Angulo et al. 2023:17 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa panamensis (Steindachner 1876). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to northern Peru. Habitat: brackish, marine.