title: Taxonomic status of Engraulis nattereri Steindachner, 1880 (Osteichthyes: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae).
abstract: Engraulis nattereri Steindachner, 1880 was described on the basis of five specimens collected in Pará during the Nathaniel Thayer Expedition. Later on, the species was assigned to Anchoviella by Fowler (1941). Including Anchoviella nattereri (Steindachner, 1880), Anchoviella comprises 17 small to medium-sized valid species (20-160 mm standard length), nine of them distributed in freshwaters of the Amazon, Essequibo, Corantijn and Orinoco river basins, and other eight brackish and marine species distributed along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North, Central and South America (Loeb & Figueiredo, 2014).
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Caixa Postal 42494, 04218-970. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Email: loeb.mv@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marina Vianna
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Loeb
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Caixa Postal 42494, 04218-970. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Naércio Aquino
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Menezes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification*