WoRMS taxon details
Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863)
279608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279608)
accepted
Species
Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943 · unaccepted
Anchovia rastralis (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898) · unaccepted
Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863 · unaccepted
Stolephorus branchiomelas Eigenmann, 1918 · unaccepted
Stolephorus rastralis Gilbert & Pierson, 1898 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863) Kner, R. (1863). Eine Uebersicht der ichthyologischen Ausbeute des Herrn Professors Dr. Mor. Wagner in Central-Amerika. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1863.</em> v. 2: 220-230. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279608 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863) Kner, R. (1863). Eine Uebersicht der ichthyologischen Ausbeute des Herrn Professors Dr. Mor. Wagner in Central-Amerika. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1863.</em> v. 2: 220-230. [details]
original description (of Stolephorus branchiomelas Eigenmann, 1918) Eigenmann, C. H. (1918). Eighteen new species of fishes from northwestern South America. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 56 (7): 673-689. [Pp. 673-684 publ. 11 Jan.; 685-689 publ. 12 Jan. 1918.]. [details]
original description (of Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943) Hildebrand, S. F. (1943). A review of the American anchovies (family Engraulidae). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> 8 (2): 1-165. [details]
original description (of Stolephorus branchiomelas Eigenmann, 1918) Eigenmann, C. H. (1918). Eighteen new species of fishes from northwestern South America. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 56 (7): 673-689. [Pp. 673-684 publ. 11 Jan.; 685-689 publ. 12 Jan. 1918.]. [details]
original description (of Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943) Hildebrand, S. F. (1943). A review of the American anchovies (family Engraulidae). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> 8 (2): 1-165. [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
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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 (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stolephorus branchiomelas Eigenmann, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Stolephorus rastralis Gilbert & Pierson, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Anchovia rastralis (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anchovia macrolepidota)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943)
To FishBase (from synonym Stolephorus rastralis Gilbert & Pierson, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Stolephorus branchiomelas Eigenmann, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia rastralis (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchovia macrolepidota P00644 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchovia magdalenae P00645 illustration) (from synonym Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stolephorus branchiomelas Eigenmann, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Stolephorus rastralis Gilbert & Pierson, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Anchovia rastralis (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anchovia macrolepidota)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943)
To FishBase (from synonym Stolephorus rastralis Gilbert & Pierson, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Stolephorus branchiomelas Eigenmann, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia rastralis (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis macrolepidotus Kner, 1863)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchovia macrolepidota P00644 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchovia magdalenae P00645 illustration) (from synonym Anchovia magdalenae Hildebrand, 1943)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
