WoRMS taxon details
Anchoa compressa (Girard, 1858)
275512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275512)
accepted
Species
Anchoviella compressa (Girard, 1858) · unaccepted
Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
Stolephorus compressus (Girard, 1858) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1858). Fishes. <em>In: General report upon zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857. In: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, v. 10. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C.</em> Pp. i-xiv, 1-400, Pls. 7-8, 13-14, 17-18, 22c, 26, 29-30, 34, 37, 40-41, 48, 53, 59, 61, 64-65, 71. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anchoa compressa (Girard, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275512 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1858). Fishes. <em>In: General report upon zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857. In: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, v. 10. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C.</em> Pp. i-xiv, 1-400, Pls. 7-8, 13-14, 17-18, 22c, 26, 29-30, 34, 37, 40-41, 48, 53, 59, 61, 64-65, 71. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Stolephorus compressus (Girard, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Anchoviella compressa (Girard, 1858))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anchoa compressa)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Stolephorus compressus (Girard, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Anchoviella compressa (Girard, 1858))
To GenBank (292 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (292 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa compressa P00607 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Stolephorus compressus (Girard, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Anchoviella compressa (Girard, 1858))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anchoa compressa)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Stolephorus compressus (Girard, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Anchoviella compressa (Girard, 1858))
To GenBank (292 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis compressus Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (292 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa compressa P00607 illustration)
To ITIS
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