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Engraulidae
Gill, 1861
- anchovies
(fish)
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Clupeoidei (Suborder)
..Alosidae (Family) - shads and sardines
..Chirocentridae (Family) - wolf herrings
..Clupeidae (Family) - herrings and sprats
..Dorosomatidae (Family) - thread herrings
..Dussumieriidae (Family) - round herrings
..Ehiravidae (Family) - river sprats
..†Garganoclupeidae (Family)
..†Nolfia (Genus)
..Pristigasteridae (Family) - longfin herrings
..Spratelloididae (Family) - dwarf herrings
..Engraulidae (Family) - anchovies
....Coiliinae (Subfamily) - Old World anchovies
....Engraulinae (Subfamily) - anchovies
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(T. Gill, 1861) D.S. Jordan & B.W. Evermann, 1896
Original name
:
Gill, T. 1861.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.
1861
[Suppl.]
: 55. [subfamily "
Engraulinae
"].
Subsequent rank
:
Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896a.
Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus.
(no. 47)
1
: 439.
Subsequent spelling
:
Jordan, D.S. 1923.
Stanford Univ. Publ.
(Biol.)
3
(2)
: 122.
Attributes
Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN]
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
93
(1)
: 170. [false].
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)]
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present.
Syst. Nat. 2000
: 1 Jun 2024.
Spelling in prevailing usage (: [orth. praeval.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)]
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. 2014.
Zootaxa
3882
(2)
: 36 ("Spelling in prevailing recent practice").
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Engraulinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1861
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 131.
[implicit]
Type
:
Engraulis
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1816
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al., 2014
: 36.
[implicit]
Variants
Basionym
:
Engraulinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1861
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al., 2014
: 36.
Correct spelling
:
Engraulididae
(Family)
Gill, 1861, nom. emend.
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 170.
Former spelling
:
Engraulididae
(Family)
Gill, 1861, nom. emend.
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 130.
Former spelling
:
Engraulididae
(Family)
Gill, 1861, nom. emend.
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 167.
Synonyms
Including
:
Coilinae
(Subfamily)
nom. imperf.
Including
:
Stolephoridae
(Family)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 130.
Including
:
Stolephoridae
(Family)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 167.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
ansjovisachtigen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
anchovies
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 167; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
anchovies
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2455.
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