A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Engraulidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amazonsprattus scintilla Roberts, 1984 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa chamensis Hildebrand, 1943 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| narrowstriped anchovyAnchoa colonensis Hildebrand, 1943 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| deepbody anchovyAnchoa compressa (Girard, 1858) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cuban anchovyAnchoa cubana (Poey, 1868) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| short anchovyAnchoa curta (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa eigenmannia (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf anchovyAnchoa helleri (Hubbs, 1921) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sharpnose anchovyAnchoa ischana (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa januaria (Steindachner, 1879) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye anchovyAnchoa lamprotaenia Hildebrand, 1943 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dusky anchovyAnchoa lyolepis (Evermann & Marsh, 1900) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern Gulf anchovyAnchoa mundeoloides (Breder, 1928) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bignose anchovyAnchoa nasus (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| little anchovyAnchoa parva (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa pectoralis Hildebrand, 1943 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow anchovyAnchoa scofieldi (Jordan & Culver, 1895) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa spinifer (Valenciennes, 1848) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa starksi (Gilbert & Pierson, 1898) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa tricolor (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoa trinitatis (Fowler, 1915) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| zabaleta anchovyAnchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigscale anchovyAnchovia macrolepidota (Kner, 1863) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchovia surinamensis (Bleeker, 1865) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella alleni (Myers, 1940) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella balboae (Jordan & Seale, 1926) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella blackburni Hildebrand, 1943 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella brevirostris (Günther, 1868) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella cayennensis (Puyo, 1946) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella guianensis (Eigenmann, 1912) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella jamesi (Jordan & Seale, 1926) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella juruasanga Loeb, 2012 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella lepidentostole (Fowler, 1911) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella manamensis Cervigón, 1982 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella nattereri (Steindachner, 1879) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella perezi Cervigón, 1987 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poey's anchovyAnchoviella perfasciata (Poey, 1860) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella sanfranciscana Barbosa, Gomes da Silva, da Rocha Araújo & Carvalho, 2017 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchoviella vaillanti (Steindachner, 1908) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific anchovetaCetengraulis mysticetus (Günther, 1867) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coilia brachygnathus Kreyenberg & Pappenheim, 1908 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coilia coomansi Hardenberg, 1934 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coilia grayii Richardson, 1845 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coilia macrognathos Bleeker, 1852 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coilia neglecta Whitehead, 1967 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton, 1822) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coilia reynaldi Valenciennes, 1848 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encrasicholina auster Hata & Motomura, 2017 | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.