WoRMS taxon details
Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)
158699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158699)
accepted
Species
Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943 · unaccepted
Anchoa mitchilli mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848) · alternative representation
Engraulis louisiana Lesueur, 1848 · unaccepted
Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943 accepted as Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)
- Subspecies Anchoa mitchilli mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848) represented as Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Casco Bay, Maine south to Florida Keys and westward around the Gulf of Mexico south to Yucatán
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Casco Bay, Maine south to Florida Keys and westward around the Gulf of Mexico south to Yucatán [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158699 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
basis of record Whitehead, P.J.P.; Nelson G. J.; Worgratana, T. (1988). Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf herrings. Part 2. <em>FAO Specie.</em> [details]
basis of record Whitehead, P.J.P.; Nelson G. J.; Worgratana, T. (1988). Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf herrings. Part 2. <em>FAO Specie.</em> [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
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Casco Bay, Maine south to Florida Keys and westward around the Gulf of Mexico south to Yucatán [details]
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Engraulis louisiana Lesueur, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anchoa mitchilli)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis louisiana Lesueur, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943)
To FishBase images (Anchoa mitchilli, USA, by Howell, W.M./Jenkins, R.L.)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 51 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa mitchilli P00623 illustration) (from synonym Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa mitchilli P00624 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa mitchilli RAD103934-006)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Engraulis louisiana Lesueur, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anchoa mitchilli)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis louisiana Lesueur, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943)
To FishBase images (Anchoa mitchilli, USA, by Howell, W.M./Jenkins, R.L.)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 51 proteins) (from synonym Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa mitchilli P00623 illustration) (from synonym Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa mitchilli P00624 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa mitchilli RAD103934-006)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
