curtus, Stolephorus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:343 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237); ref. 2470] Astillero at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Syntypes: MCZ 31402 (1), USNM 29242 (14). •Valid as Anchoa curta (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:348 [ref. 5725], Bussing & López S. 1994:50 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1084 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:131 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:187 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:135 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:65 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:24 [ref. 37547], 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], Love et al. 2021:41 [ref. 39279], Angulo et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:110 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Anchoa curta (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including southern half of Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.