Biology:Leporellus
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Leporellus is a genus of headstanders found in South America. They are mainly found in the São Francisco River and Paraná–Paraguay river basins, but L. vittatus also occurs in the Amazon. There are currently four described species in this genus.
The most basal member of the headstanders, they are the only member of the subfamily Leporellinae.[1][2]
Species
- Leporellus cartledgei Fowler, 1941
- Leporellus pictus (Kner, 1858)
- Leporellus retropinnis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1922)
- Leporellus vittatus (Valenciennes, 1850)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Leporellus in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Anostomidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Anostomidae.
- ↑ Sidlauskas, Brian L.; Melo, Bruno F.; Birindelli, José L. O.; Burns, Michael D.; Frable, Benjamin W.; Hoekzema, Kendra; Dillman, Casey B.; Sabaj, Mark H. et al. (2025-03-14). "Molecular phylogenetics, a new classification, and a new genus of the Neotropical fish family Anostomidae (Teleostei: Characiformes)" (in en). Neotropical Ichthyology 23: e240076. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0076. ISSN 1679-6225. https://www.scielo.br/j/ni/a/YxcfHnk8HygdcGkQ9yvwvsj/abstract/?lang=en.
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