Species that contain: Encrasicholina and purpurea [ 1 ] records

purpureus, Stolephorus Fowler [H. W.] 1900:497, Pl. 19 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 52; ref. 14727] Hawaiian Islands. Syntypes: ANSP 23329-30 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:101 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Encrasicholina purpurea (Fowler 1900) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:400 [ref. 5725], Mundy 2005:147 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:103 [ref. 30952], Hata & Motomura 2015:122 [ref. 33726], Hata & Motomura 2017:6 [ref. 35066], Hata & Motomura 2020:266 [ref. 37379]). Current status: Valid as Encrasicholina purpurea (Fowler 1900). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.