Biology:Leporinus sidlauskasi
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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. sidlauskasi
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus sidlauskasi Britski & Birindelli, 2019
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Leporinus sidlauskasi is a species of fish in the genus Leporinus, it is found in the lower Rio Tocantins in Pará State, Brazil in South America.[1]
Etymology
It is named in honor of Brian L. Sidlauskas (b. 1976), the Curator of Fishes at Oregon State University, for his contributions to the knowledge of the systematics of Anostomidae[2][3]
References
- ↑ Britski, H.A. & Birindelli, J.L. (2019): Description of a new species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil, Zootaxa, 4603 (1): 183–191
- ↑ "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/.
- ↑ "New fish discovered in Amazon basin named after Oregon State researcher". 25 June 2019. https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/new-fish-discovered-amazon-basin-named-after-oregon-state-researcher.
Wikidata ☰ Q111375233 entry
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