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Anchoviella sanfranciscana Barbosa, Gomes da Silva, da Rocha Araújo & Carvalho, 2017

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Anchoviella sanfranciscana Barbosa, Gomes da Silva, da Rocha Araújo & Carvalho, 2017
Name authority
Barbosa, Gomes da Silva, da Rocha Araújo & Carvalho, 2017
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Clupeiformes
Family
Engraulidae
Genus
Anchoviella
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderClupeiformes
  11. suborderClupeoidei Bleeker, 1859
  12. familyEngraulidae Gill, 1861
  13. subfamilyEngraulinae Gill, 1861
  14. genusAnchoviella Fowler, 1911
  15. speciesAnchoviella sanfranciscana Barbosa, Gomes da Silva, da Rocha Araújo & Carvalho, 2017

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Anchoviella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Anchoviella brevirostris (Günther, 1868)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella perezi Cervigón, 1987EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella vaillanti (Steindachner, 1908)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella jamesi (Jordan & Seale, 1926)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella manamensis Cervigón, 1982EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella alleni (Myers, 1940)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella balboae (Jordan & Seale, 1926)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella cayennensis (Puyo, 1946)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella blackburni Hildebrand, 1943EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella guianensis (Eigenmann, 1912)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anchoviella nattereri (Steindachner, 1879)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Poey's anchovyAnchoviella perfasciata (Poey, 1860)EngraulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 131 records assigned to Engraulidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Barbosa, J. M., Da Silva, A., Araújo, A., & Carvalho, M. (2017). A new species of Anchoviella Fowler, 1911 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the mouth of the São Francisco River, Brazil. Acta of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. https://doi.org/10.46732/actafish.2017.5.3.153-159 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:DLV4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.