Biology:Leporinus britskii
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Short description: Species of fish
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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. britskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus britskii Feitosa, G. M. dos Santos & Birindelli, 2011
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Leporinus britskii is a species of Leporinus found in the Rio Tapajós and the Rio Jari drainages in Brazil in South America.[1] This species can reach a length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) SL.[2]
Etymology
It is named in honor of Heraldo A. Britski of the Universidade de São Paulo, for his contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical fishes, and especially for his participation in the understanding of Leporinus taxonomy.[3]
References
- ↑ Feitosa, F.d.S., Santos, G.M.d. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2011): Leporinus britskii: a new anostomid species from the Tapajós and Jari drainages, Brazil (Characiformes: Anostomidae). Zootaxa, 3120: 55–62.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Leporinus britskii" 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 ☰ Q5570447 entry
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