Original description as Engraulis mitchilli:
- Cuvier, Georges & A. Valenciennes. 1844. "Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-septième". Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. 17:487-519 (ffm04543)
Synonyms (1):
- Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, 1943, with type locality at Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S.A. Determiner: Lee & Gilbert, 1980
Conservation: Anchoa mitchilli is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.