Erstbeschreibung:
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1927. "New genera and species of North American Fishes". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 16(15):501-507 (ffm04520)
Beschriebene Art eingefügt (2):
valide: 1 Synonym: 1- Engraulis mitchilli Valenciennes, 1848 (valide)
- Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943 (Synonym)