© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Lycengraulis poeyi Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Lycengraulis poeyi © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Lycengraulis poeyi www.fao.org Copyright Michel Lamboeuf · 0 Lycengraulis poeyi © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Lycengraulis see all kinds   •  4 thumbnails  •  slide show Kinds Lycengraulis batesii, Bates Sabretooth Anchovy Lycengraulis grossidens, Atlantic Sabretooth Anchovy Lycengraulis limnichthys Lycengraulis poeyi, Pacific Sabretooth Anchovy español Overview Main identification features lower jaw: large canine teeth top jaw reaches end preoperculum pectoral long anal fin origin under rear 1/3 d LYCENGRAULIS TOOTHED ANCHOVIES Large, compressed fishes; snout pointed; top jaw relatively short, extending to edge of preoperculum; with large, well spaced canine teeth, especially on lower jaw; gill rakers few and rudimentary; gill membrane not joined across under gills; dorsal fin origin a little behind midbody; anal fin base long (21-30 rays), origin under about mid-dorsal. A new world genus of four species, one of which is endemic to the tropical eastern Pacific. References Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. Fowler, H.W., 1944., Results of the Fifth George Vanderbilt Expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean sea, Panama, Galapagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific Islands). The Fishes., Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel., Monographs, 6:57-529. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Jordan , D.S. and Bollman, C.H., 1890., Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-88, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross'., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 12:149-183. Kner , and Steindachner,., 1864., Neue Gattungen und Arten von Fischen aus Central-Amerika; gesammelt von Prof. Moritz Wagner., Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 10:1-61. Kner,., 1863., Eine Uebersicht der ichthyologischen Ausbeute des Herrn Professors Dr. Mor. Wagner in Central-Amerika., Sitzungsber. Koningl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Muenchen, 2:220-230. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1923., The marine fishes of Panama. Part I., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:1-330. Rojas , J. R. , Pizarro , J. F. and Castro, M.V., 1994., Diversidad y Abundancia íctica en tres áreas de manglar en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42:663-672. Whitehead , P.J.P. , Nelson , G.J. and Wongratana, T., 1985., Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 2. Engraulididae. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7., FAO Fish. Synop. No 125, 125(2):305-579. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-25 22:57:27 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation