Biology:Leporinus tristriatus

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Short description: Species of fish

Leporinus tristriatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Species:
L. tristriatus
Binomial name
Leporinus tristriatus
Birindelli & Britski, 2013

Leporinus tristriatus is a species of Leporinus found in the Amazon in Brazil in South America.[1]

Etymology

It is named tri- meaning three; and striatus, meaning striped, referring to the three dark stripes on the body.[2]

References

  1. Birindelli, J.L.O. & Britski, H.A. (2013): Two new species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, and redescription of Leporinus striatus Kner 1858. Journal of Fish Biology, 83 (5): 1128–1160.
  2. "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 ☰ Q21275168 entry