Biology:Leptagoniates

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Leptagoniates
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Leptagoniates
Boulenger, 1887
Species:
L. steindachneri
Binomial name
Leptagoniates steindachneri
Boulenger, 1887

Leptagoniates is a genus of fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Leptagoniates steindachneri,[1] which is found in the Amazon River basin in South America.

Another species, L. pi, has traditionally been placed in this genus, but it was moved to Protocheirodon in 2016.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vari, R.P., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Protocheirodon, a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known Protocheirodon pi. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (2): e150154.

Wikidata ☰ Q6416997 entry




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