| English | Spanish |
| deep-body thread herring | arenque de hebra (Opisthonema libertate) |
| deep-body thread herring | machuelo del Pacífico (Opisthonema libertate) |
| Pacific thread herring | machuelo del Pacífico (Opisthonema libertate) |
| Pacific thread herring | arenque de hebra (Opisthonema libertate) |
| thread-fin breams | nemiptéridos (Nemipteridae) |
| thread herrings | falsos arenques (Opisthonema spp.) |