WoRMS taxon details
Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839)
279607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279607)
accepted
Species
Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949 · unaccepted
Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
Engraulis productus Poey, 1866 · unaccepted
Stolephorus clupeoides (Swainson, 1839) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279607 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949) Schultz, L. P. (1949). A further contribution to the ichthyology of Venezuela. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 99 (no. 3235): 1-211, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949) Schultz, L. P. (1949). A further contribution to the ichthyology of Venezuela. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 99 (no. 3235): 1-211, Pls. 1-3. [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 (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Stolephorus clupeoides (Swainson, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Engraulis productus Poey, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anchovia clupeoides)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Stolephorus clupeoides (Swainson, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis productus Poey, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Stolephorus clupeoides (Swainson, 1839))
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchovia nigra P00646 illustration) (from synonym Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchovia producta P00641 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Stolephorus clupeoides (Swainson, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Engraulis productus Poey, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anchovia clupeoides)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Stolephorus clupeoides (Swainson, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis productus Poey, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Stolephorus clupeoides (Swainson, 1839))
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, 1839)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchovia nigra P00646 illustration) (from synonym Anchovia nigra Schultz, 1949)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchovia producta P00641 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
