Biology:Phalloceros leptokeras
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| Phalloceros leptokeras | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. leptokeras
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros leptokeras Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros leptokeras, the Sapucaia toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.[1]
Distribution
Phalloceros leptokeras is found in Brazil in the middle portions of rio Paraíba do Sul drainage.[2]
Size
The females of this species grow to a total length of 3.7 centimetres (1.5 in), while males remain smaller at 2.4 centimetres (0.94 in).[2]
Habitat
The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are pelagic.[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in Latin = leptos, meaning narrow; keras, horn, referring to the large, slender sickle-like hook on the gonopodial appendix.[3]
References
- ↑ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Phalloceros leptokeras" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6422572 entry
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