Lycengraulis figueiredoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clupeoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Clupei Superordo: Clupeomorpha Ordo: Clupeiformes Subordo: Clupeoidei

Familia: Engraulidae
Genus: Lycengraulis
Species: Lycengraulis figueiredoi

Name

Lycengraulis figueiredoi Loeb & Alcântara, 2013

• Holotype: MZUSP 6032.
• Paratypes: ANSP 193934 (2); INPA 39522 (2); MNRJ 40719 (2); MZUSP 6363 (1), 9815-21 (5), 6749 (1), 7658 (1), 9822 (15), 5537 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, lago Beruri, rio Purus, 3°50'S, 61°20'W [1].

Etymology: The specific name was given in honor of José Lima de Figueiredo, a Brazilian ichthyologist from the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo who contributed significantly to the study of fish systematics in Brazil.

References

• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.2.6 Reference page.