"Eucinostomus gula" sunan kimiyya ne ga nau'in kifin da aka fi sani da "silverstripe round herring" ko "longjaw herring." Yana cikin dangin Gerreidae kuma ana samunsa a yammacin Tekun Atlantika daga Gulf of Mexico zuwa Brazil. Kalmar “Eucinostomus” ta fito ne daga kalmomin Helenanci “eu,” ma’ana mai kyau ko mai kyau, “kion,” ma’ana ginshiƙi ko tallafi, da “stoma,” ma’ana baki, tana nufin tsarin muƙamuƙi mai ƙarfi na kifi. Kalmar "gula" kalma ce ta Latin don makogwaro ko gullet kuma tana iya nufin yanayin ciyarwar kifi.