Species that contain: Engraulis and mordax and mordax [ 3 ] records

mauii, Anchoviella Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1923:4 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 63 (no. 2488); ref. 1474] Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands [probably in error for eastern Pacific]. Holotype: USNM 82904. Paratypes: (1). Additional material: (9). •Synonym of Engraulis mordax Girard 1854 -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:320 [ref. 5725]). •Synonym of Engraulis australis (White 1790) -- (Mundy 2005:147 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Engraulis mordax Girard 1854. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: marine.

mordax, Engraulis Girard [C. F.] 1854:138 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1817] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Engraulis mordax Girard 1854 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:74 [ref. 9277], Nelson 1984:424 [ref. 5190], Whitehead et al. 1988:320 [ref. 5725], Hammann & Cisneros-Mata 1989:49 [ref. 23109], Matarese et al. 1989:48 [ref. 26885], Swift et al. 1993:130 [ref. 22379], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1082 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:135 [ref. 24545], Fuller et al. 1999:41 [ref. 25838], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:138 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:25 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:19 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:36 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Engraulis mordax Girard 1854. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: eastern Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

nanus, Engraulis Girard [C. F.] 1858:335 [General report upon zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857; ref. 4911] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 946. •Synonym of Engraulis mordax Girard 1854 -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:320 [ref. 5725]). Current status: Synonym of Engraulis mordax Girard 1854. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: marine.