Biology:Leporinus gomesi
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| Leporinus gomesi | |
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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. gomesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus gomesi Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1981
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Leporinus gomesi is a species of Leporinus widely found in the Aripuanã River basin in Brazil in South America. This species can reach a length of 16.0 centimetres (6.3 in) SL.[1]
Etymology
It is named in honor of João Gomes da Silva, of the Universidade Federal de São Carlos, who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Leporinus gomesi" 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/.
- Garavello, J.C. and H.A. Britski, 2003. Anostomidae (Headstanders). p. 71-84. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Wikidata ☰ Q5732979 entry
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