Kalmar "Engraulidae" ita ce sunan kimiyya ga dangi na kananan, kifi na gishiri wanda aka fi sani da anchovies. Saboda haka, ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "Family Engraulidae" iyali ne na taxonomic na ƙananan, siriri, kifin ruwan gishiri masu launin azurfa waɗanda ke cikin tsari na Clupeiformes, wanda kuma ya haɗa da herrings da sardines.
