Biology:Leporinus enyae

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Short description: Species of fish

Leporinus enyae
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Species:
L. enyae
Binomial name
Leporinus enyae
Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli, & Sidlauskas 2017[1]

Leporinus enyae is a species of Leporinus fish discovered 2017 in the Orinoco River drainage area. It is named after the Irish singer Enya, whose major music hit "Orinoco Flow" deals with the Orinoco River, among others.[2][1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Burns, Michael D.; Chatfield, Marcus; Birindelli, José L.O.; Sidlauskas, Brian L. (2017). "Systematic assessment of the Leporinus desmotes species complex, with a description of two new species". Neotropical Ichthyology 15 (2). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20160166. 
  2. "New Orinoco Fish Named After Enya". 19 July 2017. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/news/fishkeeping-news/articles/2017/7/19/new-orinoco-fish-named-after-enya. 
  3. "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes2/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q38691950 entry