WoRMS taxon details
Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
272285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272285)
accepted
Species
Atherina australis White, 1790 · unaccepted
Engraulis antarcticus Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
Engraulis antipodum Günther, 1868 · unaccepted
Engraulis encrasicholus antipodum Günther, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Atherina australis White, 1790) White, J. (1790). Journal of a voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. <em>J. D. Piccadilly, London.</em> i-xvi (unnumbered) + 1-299 + i-xxxv (unnumbered), Pls. 1-65.
page(s): 296, Pl. 64 [details]
page(s): 296, Pl. 64 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Engraulis australis (White, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272285 on 2025-10-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Atherina australis White, 1790) White, J. (1790). Journal of a voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. <em>J. D. Piccadilly, London.</em> i-xvi (unnumbered) + 1-299 + i-xxxv (unnumbered), Pls. 1-65.
page(s): 296, Pl. 64 [details]
original description (of Engraulis antarcticus Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Engraulis encrasicholus antipodum Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [details]
page(s): 296, Pl. 64 [details]
original description (of Engraulis antarcticus Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Engraulis encrasicholus antipodum Günther, 1868) Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]





To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis encrasicholus antipodum Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Engraulis antipodum Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Atherina australis White, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Engraulis antarcticus Castelnau, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engraulis australis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atherina australis White, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis antipodum Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis encrasicholus antipodum Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis antarcticus Castelnau, 1872)
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 74 proteins) (from synonym Atherina australis White, 1790)
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Engraulis encrasicholus antipodum Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Engraulis antipodum Günther, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Atherina australis White, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Engraulis antarcticus Castelnau, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engraulis australis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atherina australis White, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis antipodum Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis encrasicholus antipodum Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis antarcticus Castelnau, 1872)
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 74 proteins) (from synonym Atherina australis White, 1790)
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS