mysticetus, Engraulis Günther [A.] 1867:604 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 3); ref. 1984] Panama (Pacific). Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.16.20-21 (2). •Valid as Engraulis mysticetus Günther 1867 -- (Nelson 1984:424 [ref. 5190]). •Valid as Cetengraulis mysticetus (Günther 1867) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:74 [ref. 9277], Nelson 1984:423 [ref. 5190], Whitehead et al. 1988:383 [ref. 5725], Allen & Robertson 1994:62 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:52 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1081 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:134 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:194 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:182 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:123 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:40 [ref. 25838], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:25 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:453 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35888], González-Murcia et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Cetengraulis mysticetus (Günther 1867). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Los Angeles, southern California (U.S.A.) south to Callao (Peru), including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: brackish, marine.