WoRMS taxon details
Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854
272286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272286)
accepted
Species
Anchovia maui (Fowler & Bean, 1923) · unaccepted
Anchoviella mauii Fowler & Bean, 1923 · unaccepted
Engraulis mordax mordax Girard, 1854 · unaccepted
Engraulis nanus Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
Engraulus mordax Girard, 1854 · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Subspecies Engraulis mordax mordax Girard, 1854 accepted as Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Girard, C. F. (1854). Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 129-140. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272286 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1854). Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 129-140. [details]
original description (of Anchoviella mauii Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27. [details]
original description (of Anchoviella mauii Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1923). Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 63 (no. 2488): 1-27. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | northern anchovyCalifornian anchovy | [details] |
| French | anchois du Pacifique | [details] |
| Russian | Калифорнийский анчоус | [details] |
| Spanish | anchoveta norteña | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (41 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anchoviella mauii Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Engraulis mordax mordax Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Engraulus mordax Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Engraulis nanus Girard, 1858)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engraulis mordax)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis nanus Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchoviella mauii Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulus mordax Girard, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia maui (Fowler & Bean, 1923))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis mordax mordax Girard, 1854)
To FishBase images (Engraulis mordax, by FAO)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 99 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa helleri P00617 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Engraulis mordax P10367 illustration) (from synonym Engraulis nanus Girard, 1858)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anchoviella mauii Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Engraulis mordax mordax Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Engraulus mordax Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Engraulis nanus Girard, 1858)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engraulis mordax)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis nanus Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchoviella mauii Fowler & Bean, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulus mordax Girard, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Anchovia maui (Fowler & Bean, 1923))
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis mordax mordax Girard, 1854)
To FishBase images (Engraulis mordax, by FAO)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 99 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anchoa helleri P00617 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Engraulis mordax P10367 illustration) (from synonym Engraulis nanus Girard, 1858)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
