Biology:Leporinus multimaculatus

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Leporinus multimaculatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Species:
L. multimaculatus
Binomial name
Leporinus multimaculatus
Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski, 2016[1]

Leporinus multimaculatus is a species of anostomid fish. It is endemic to Brazil and found in small tributaries of the Rio Araguaia, the Rio Tocantins and the Rio Xingu basins. It is also found in the Rio Jari basin and coastal drainages of Amapá state.[1][2] This species can reach a length of 11.1 centimetres (4.4 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Birindelli, J. L. O.; Teixeira, T. F.; Britski, H. A. (2016). "Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1929 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from tributaries of the lower Amazon basin in Brazil". Zootaxa 4178 (1): 97–115. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4178.1.4. PMID 27811730. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Leporinus multimaculatus" in FishBase. August 2022 version.

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