Species that contain: Anchovia and macrolepidota [ 4 ] records

branchiomelas, Stolephorus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1918:682 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 56 (no. 7); ref. 12304] Mouth of River Dagua, Pacific coast of Colombia. Holotype: FMNH 58489 [ex CM 7491]. Paratypes: (3) CAS 78335 [ex IU 13875] (3, now 2); additional material: (10, orig. IU 13880) CAS 78336 [ex IU 13880] (5); FMNH 58490 (1), 58512 (5). Type catalog: Henn 1928:52 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:82 [ref. 12367] but as paratypes. Not treated in Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27061]. •Synonym of Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1861) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:379 [ref. 5725]). Current status: Synonym of Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

macrolepidotus, Engraulis Kner [R.] 1863:224, "Fig. 7" (unpublished) [Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1863, v. 2; ref. 5002] Río Bayano, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): ZSM [old collection] destroyed in WWII. Type information and lectotype designation: Whitehead 1970:36 [ref. 11605] but contested by Neumann 2006:274 [ref. 28925]. Also appeared as new in Kner & Steindachner 1864:21, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [ref. 2649]. Not treated in Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27061]. Whitehead's lectotype (NMW 2808) was collected after the original description. •Valid as Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863) -- (Villa 1982:95 [ref. 36708], Whitehead et al. 1988:379 [ref. 5725], Allen & Robertson 1994:62 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:52 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1080 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:132 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:183 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:124 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:25 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:89 [ref. 28615], Angulo et al. 2013:990 [ref. 33194], McMahan et al. 2013:443 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:66 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39279], Angulo et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:112 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.

magdalenae, Anchovia Hildebrand [S. F.] 1943:23, Fig. 7 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 8 (art. 2); ref. 13209] Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 119791. Paratypes: MCZ 37299 [ex USNM 119792] (1). Not treated in Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27061]. •Synonym of Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:379 [ref. 5725], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1080 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:133 [ref. 24545], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:125 [ref. 24550], Love et al. 2005:25 [ref. 37547]). Current status: Synonym of Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

rastralis, Stolephorus Gilbert [C. H.] & Pierson [C. J.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:2811 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2445] Panama Bay, (Pacific) Panama. Lectotype: CAS-SU 5812. Paralectotypes: (many) BMNH 1903.5.15.422-431 (10); CAS-SU 5813 (116), 6904 (179, now 177); USNM 50366 (24). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:12 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype established in caption to Pl. 8 (fig. 14) in Gilbert & Starks 1904 [ref. 1639]. Not treated in Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27061]. •Synonym of Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:379 [ref. 5725], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:183 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:125 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.