Typový druh
Engraulis grossidens Agassiz, 1829.
Původní popis
Günther A. 1868. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the colelction of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 7. i-xx + 1-512.