Biology:Leporinus venerei
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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. venerei
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| Leporinus venerei Britski & Birindelli, 2008[2]
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Leporinus venerei is a species of anostomid fish.[1][3] It is endemic to Brazil and known only from the Araguaia River basin.[1][2] This species can reach a length of 13.6 centimetres (5.4 in) SL.[3]
Etymology
It is named in honor of Paulo Cesare Venere of the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Campus Universitário do Araguaia. It was he who collected the first known specimens of this species in 1995.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frederico, R.G. (2022). "Leporinus venerei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T162698359A162698371. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162698359/162698371. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Britski, Heraldo A.; Birindelli, José L. O. (2008). "Description of a new species of the genus Leporinus Spix (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Araguaia, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomy and distribution of L. parae and L. lacustris". Neotropical Ichthyology 6 (1): 45–51. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000100005.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Leporinus venerei" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ↑ "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6416258 entry
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