WoRMS taxon details
Engraulidae Gill, 1861
- Genus Anchoa Jordan & Evermann, 1927
- Genus Anchovia Jordan & Evermann, 1895
- Genus Anchoviella Fowler, 1911
- Genus Cetengraulis Günther, 1868
- Genus Coilia Gray, 1830
- Genus Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938
- Genus Engraulis Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Lycengraulis Günther, 1868
- Genus Lycothrissa Günther, 1868
- Genus Papuengraulis Munro, 1964
- Genus Pseudosetipinna Peng & Zhao, 1988
- Genus Pterengraulis Günther, 1868
- Genus Setipinna Swainson, 1839
- Genus Stolephorus Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Thryssa Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Amentum Whitley, 1940 accepted as Stolephorus Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Amplova Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Anchoviella Fowler, 1911
- Genus Choetomus accepted as Chaetomus McClelland, 1844 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (misspelling)
- Genus Colia accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (misspelling)
- Genus Demicoilia Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830
- Genus Democoilia accepted as Demicoilia Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (misspelling)
- Genus Encrasicholus Fleming, 1828 accepted as Engraulis Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Encrasicolina accepted as Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938 (misspelling)
- Genus Encrasicolus accepted as Encrasicholus Fleming, 1828 accepted as Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
- Genus Engraulus accepted as Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
- Genus Heterothrissa Günther, 1868 accepted as Setipinna Swainson, 1839
- Genus Hildebrandichthys Schultz, 1949 accepted as Engraulis Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Leptonurus Bleeker, 1849 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (synonym)
- Genus Lucengraulis accepted as Lycengraulis Günther, 1868 (misspelling)
- Genus Scutengraulis Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Thryssa Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Thryssina accepted as Thryssa Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling)
- Genus Trichosoma Swainson, 1838 accepted as Thryssa Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Xenengraulis Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Thryssa Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Thrissa Cuvier, 1816 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Schooling fishes, mostly of shallow coastal waters and estuaries in...
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Schooling fishes, mostly of shallow coastal waters and estuaries in tropical and temperate regions. Some species enter or live in freshwater. Mouth inferior. Upper jaw produced. Jaw teeth well developed to absent. Gill rakers on lower limb of first arch 10-50 or more. Branchiostegal rays 7-19. A silvery stripe down flanks. Body translucent. Abdominal scutes present in most Old World anchovies; absent in New World anchovies, except for one pelvic scute. Luminescent organs noted in one species. Mostly filter feeding on zooplankton; a few piscivorous. About 50 cm maximum length; most species below 15 cm. Commercially important for food and fish meal; also used as bait. The name 'Engraulididae' has been proposed for this family. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Engraulidae Gill, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125465 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Schooling fishes, mostly of shallow coastal waters and estuaries in tropical and temperate regions. Some species enter or live in freshwater. Mouth inferior. Upper jaw produced. Jaw teeth well developed to absent. Gill rakers on lower limb of first arch 10-50 or more. Branchiostegal rays 7-19. A silvery stripe down flanks. Body translucent. Abdominal scutes present in most Old World anchovies; absent in New World anchovies, except for one pelvic scute. Luminescent organs noted in one species. Mostly filter feeding on zooplankton; a few piscivorous. About 50 cm maximum length; most species below 15 cm. Commercially important for food and fish meal; also used as bait. The name 'Engraulididae' has been proposed for this family. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | anchovies | [details] |
| Japanese | カタクチイワシ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ansjosfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ansjosfamilien | [details] |
