Biology:Leptobrycon
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Leptobrycon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Leptobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 |
| Species: | L. jatuaranae
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptobrycon jatuaranae C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
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Leptobrycon is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains only the single species Leptobrycon jatuaranae, which is endemic to Brazil , where it occurs in the Amazon River basin. The name Leptobrycon is derived from Greek words leptos (thin) and bryko (to bite) [1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Leptobrycon jatuaranae" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ↑ "Leptobrycon jatuaranae Eigenmann, 1915". Discover Life. http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Leptobrycon+jatuaranae&b=FB53453. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
Wikidata ☰ Q20722471 entry
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