nigra, Anchovia Schultz [L. P.] 1949:39, Fig. 4 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 99 (no. 3235); ref. 3967] Lake Maracaibo at Yacht Club, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121761. Paratypes: MCZ 37215 [ex USNM 121765] (100); UMMZ 157670 [ex USNM 121765] (200), 178849 (100); USNM 121762-64 (1, 4, 3), 121765 (orig. 7000, now 6900), 121766 (2). Not treated in Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27061]. •Synonym of Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson 1839) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:378 [ref. 5725], Nizinski & Munroe 2003:782 [ref. 26995]). Current status: Synonym of Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson 1839). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.