Biology:Leporinus bleheri
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Short description: Species of fish
| Leporinus bleheri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. bleheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus bleheri Géry 1999
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Leporinus bleheri is a species of Leporinus widely found in the Iténez-Guaporé River basin in South America.[1] This species can reach a length of 14.2 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.[2]
Etymology
It is named in honor of the explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
- ↑ Géry, J., 1999. A new anostomid species, Leporinus bleheri n. sp., from the Rio Guaporé-Iténez basin, with comments on some related species (Teleostei: Ostariophysi, Characiformes). aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(3):105-112.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Leporinus bleheri" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5596049 entry
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