Typový druh
Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, 1851.
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.