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Leporinus sidlauskasi

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

Leporinus sidlauskasi is a species of fish in the family Anostomidae. It is found in the lower Tocantins River in Pará State, Brazil.[1]

Etymology

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It is named in honor of Brian L. Sidlauskas (b. 1976), the Curator of Fishes at Oregon State University, for his contributions to the knowledge of the systematics of the family Anostomidae.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Britski, H.A. & Birindelli, J.L. (2019): Description of a new species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil, Zootaxa, 4603 (1): 183–191
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ^ "New fish discovered in Amazon basin named after Oregon State researcher". 25 June 2019.