Biology:Leporinus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Leporinus | |
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| Leporinus fasciatus | |
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| Leporinus friderici | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Leporinus novemfasciatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
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Leporinus is a genus of fish in the family Anostomidae native to South America. The fossil species Leporinus scalabrinii, known from the late Miocene of Entre Ríos in Argentina , has only recently been added to this genus after being misidentified as a species of primate under the name Arrhinolemur scalabrinii for over 100 years.[1]
Species
There are currently 78 recognized species in this genus:
† = extinct
Synonyms
The following species were formerly placed in Leporinus but have since been moved to other genera:[2]
- Hypomasticus copelandii was described as Leporinus copelandii Steindachner, 1875
- Hypomasticus steindachneri was described as Leporinus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
References
- ↑ Bogan, S., Sidlauskas, B., Vari, R.P. & Agnolin, F. (2012): Arrhinolemur scalabrinii Ameghino, 1898, of the late Miocene - a taxonomic journey from the Mammalia to the Anostomidae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3): 555–560.
- ↑ Birindelli, José L. O.; Melo, Bruno F.; Ribeiro-Silva, Luís R.; Diniz, Debora; Oliveira, Claudio (2020-07-01). "A New Species of Hypomasticus from Eastern Brazil Based on Morphological and Molecular Data (Characiformes, Anostomidae)". Copeia 108 (2): 416–425. doi:10.1643/CI-19-335. ISSN 0045-8511. https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-2/CI-19-335/A-New-Species-of-Hypomasticus-from-Eastern-Brazil-Based-on/10.1643/CI-19-335.full.
Wikidata ☰ Q2716527 entry
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