| a new species of lycengraulis günther, 1868 (clupeiformes: engraulinae) from the amazon basin, brazil, with comments on lycengraulis batesii (günther, 1868). | a new species of lycengraulis from the amazon basin is described. lycengraulis figueiredoi can be distinguished from l. grossidens by a short upper maxilla, its posterior margin not reaching the lower maxilla joint (vs. upper maxilla longer, its posterior margin reaching to or a little past of mandible joint). lycengraulis figueiredoi can be distinguished also from l. poeyi by 26 to 31 anal-fin rays (vs. 21 to 23 anal-fin rays) and by 44 to 46 vertebrae (vs. 42 vertebrae), and from l. batesii by ... | 2013 | 26185844 |