Lycengraulis
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Lycengraulis
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| Engraulis grossidens Agassiz, 1829
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Lycengraulis is a genus of anchovies containing four recognized species. They are restricted to the Western Hemisphere in the waters in and around Central America and South America.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Lycengraulis batesii (Günther, 1868) (Bates' sabretooth anchovy)
- Lycengraulis figueiredoi Loeb & Alcântara, 2013[2]
- Lycengraulis grossidens (Agassiz, 1829) (Atlantic sabretooth anchovy)
- Lycengraulis limnichthys L. P. Schultz, 1949
- Lycengraulis poeyi (Kner, 1863) (Pacific sabretooth anchovy)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Lycengraulis in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Loeb, M.V. & Alcântara, A.V. (2013): A new species of Lycengraulis Günther, 1868 (Clupeiformes: Engraulinae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil, with comments on Lycengraulis batesii (Günther, 1868). Zootaxa, 3693 (2): 200–206.
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