WoRMS taxon details
Engraulidae Gill, 1861
- Subfamily Coiliinae Bleeker, 1872
- Genus Coilia Gray, 1830
- Genus Lycothrissa Günther, 1868
- Genus Papuengraulis Munro, 1964
- Genus Setipinna Swainson, 1839
- Genus Thryssa Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Chaetomus McClelland, 1844 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Choetomus McClelland, 1844 accepted as Chaetomus McClelland, 1844 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Coïlia Gray, 1830 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Colia accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Demicoilia Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Democoilia Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Demicoilia Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Heterothrissa Günther, 1868 accepted as Setipinna Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Leptonurus Bleeker, 1849 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pseudosetipinna Peng & Zhao, 1988 accepted as Setipinna Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Scutengraulis Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Thrissa Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Thrissina Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Thryssa Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Thrissocles Jordan & Evermann in Jordan, 1917 accepted as Coilia Gray, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, also replacement name)
- Genus Thryssina Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Thrissina Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Thryssa Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Trichosoma Swainson, 1838 accepted as Thryssa Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, also primary homonym (twice))
- Genus Xenengraulis Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Thrissina Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Thryssa Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Engraulinae Gill, 1861
- Genus Amazonsprattus Roberts, 1984
- Genus Anchoa Jordan & Evermann, 1927
- Genus Anchovia Jordan & Evermann, 1895
- Genus Anchoviella Fowler, 1911
- Genus Cetengraulis Günther, 1868
- Genus Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938
- Genus Engraulis Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Jurengraulis Whitehead, 1988
- Genus Lycengraulis Günther, 1868
- Genus Pterengraulis Günther, 1868
- Genus Stolephorus Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Amentum Whitley, 1940 accepted as Stolephorus Lacepède, 1803 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Amplova Jordan & Seale, 1925 accepted as Anchoviella Fowler, 1911 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Encrasicholus Fleming, 1828 accepted as Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted > junior homonym, and junior objective synonym)
- Genus Encrasicholus Commerson in Lacepède, 1803 (unaccepted > unavailable name, suppressed)
- Genus Encrasicolina Fowler, 1938 accepted as Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Encrasicolus Fleming, 1928 accepted as Encrasicholus Fleming, 1828 accepted as Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Engrantis Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Engraulus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Engraulis Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hildebrandichthys Schultz, 1949 accepted as Cetengraulis Günther, 1868 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lucengraulis Günther, 1868 accepted as Lycengraulis Günther, 1868 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Menidia Browne, 1789 (unaccepted > unavailable name, suppressed, in a rejected work)
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 2025-12-05
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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] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engraulidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Engraulidae FIN035027 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Engraulidae FIN035027 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engraulidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Engraulidae FIN035027 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Engraulidae FIN035027 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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