Lycengraulis

Classification

Genus: Lycengraulis
Family: Engraulidae - Anchovy
Order: Clupeiformes - Herrings
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

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.

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:

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)

Species

Atlantic sabretooth anchovy
(Lycengraulis grossidens)

Bates’ sabretooth anchovy
(Lycengraulis batesii)

Lycengraulis figueiredoi

Lycengraulis limnichthys

Pacific sabretooth anchovy
(Lycengraulis poeyi)

Join us!

Fish Species Search

Fish Species Search

Recently added fishes

Tomoda’s catfish
(Silurus tomodai)

Ghost Shiner
(Paranotropis buchanani)

Mimic Shiner
(Paranotropis volucellus)

Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid
(Rubricatochromis letourneuxi)

Eyespot bowfin
(Amia ocellicauda)

Rio Grande Longear Sunfish
(Lepomis aquilensis)

Wongat dragonet
(Callionymus zythros)

Slender threadfin bream
(Nemipterus zysron)


(Melanorivulus zygonectes)

Black band catfish
(Corydoras zygatus)