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Leporinus bleheri

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Leporinus bleheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Species:
L. bleheri
Binomial name
Leporinus bleheri
Géry 1999

Leporinus bleheri is a species of anostomid fish. It is found in the Iténez-Guaporé River basin in South America.[2]

Description

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Leporinus bleheri can reach a standard length of 14.2 centimetres (5.6 in).[3]

Etymology

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The species epithet is named in honor of the explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Frederico, R.G. (2022). "Leporinus bleheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T49830528A159889746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T49830528A159889746.en. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ Géry, J., 1999. A new anostomid species, Leporinus bleheri n. sp., from the Rio Guaporé-Iténez basin, with comments on some related species (Teleostei: Ostariophysi, Characiformes). aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(3):105-112.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leporinus bleheri". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "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. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.